Excitement vs. Excitation — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Excitement and Excitation
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Excitement
The act or an instance of exciting.
Excitation
The act or process of exciting or an instance of it.
Excitement
The condition of being excited.
Excitation
The state or condition of being excited.
Excitement
Something that excites
The dancing tigers and other circus excitements.
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Excitation
(Physiology) The activity produced in an organ, tissue, or part, such as a nerve cell, as a result of stimulation.
Excitement
(uncountable) the state of being excited (emotionally aroused).
Get caught up in the excitement
Excitation
The act of exciting or putting in motion; the act of rousing up or awakening.
Excitement
(countable) something that excites.
Excitation
The act of producing excitement (stimulation); also, the excitement produced.
Excitement
The act of exciting, or the state of being roused into action, or of having increased action; impulsion; agitation; as, an excitement of the people.
Excitation
(physiology) The activity produced in an organ, tissue, or part, such as a nerve cell, as a result of stimulation
Excitement
That which excites or rouses; that which moves, stirs, or induces action; a motive.
The cares and excitements of a season of transition and struggle.
Excitation
(physics) A transition of a nucleus, atom or molecule to an excited state by the absorption of a quantum of energy; the opposite of relaxation
Excitement
A state of aroused or increased vital activity in an organism, or any of its organs or tissues.
Excitation
The act of exciting or putting in motion; the act of rousing up or awakening.
Excitement
The feeling of lively and cheerful joy;
He could hardly conceal his excitement when she agreed
Excitation
The act of producing excitement (stimulation); also, the excitement produced.
Excitement
The state of being emotionally aroused and worked up;
His face was flushed with excitement and his hands trembled
He tried to calm those who were in a state of extreme inflammation
Excitation
The state of being emotionally aroused and worked up;
His face was flushed with excitement and his hands trembled
He tried to calm those who were in a state of extreme inflammation
Excitement
Something that agitates and arouses;
He looked forward to the excitements of the day
Excitation
The neural or electrical arousal of an organ or muscle or gland
Excitement
Disturbance usually in protest
Excitation
Something that agitates and arouses;
He looked forward to the excitements of the day
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