Happy vs. Ecstatic — What's the Difference?

Feeling or showing pleasure or contentment

Marked by or expressing ecstasy.

Fortunate and convenient

Being in a state of ecstasy; joyful or enraptured.

Inclined to use a specified thing excessively or at random

Feeling or characterized by ecstasy.

Enjoying, showing, or marked by pleasure, satisfaction, or joy

Extremely happy.

Cheerful; willing

Relating to, or caused by, ecstasy or excessive emotion.

Characterized by good luck

(in the plural) Transports of delight; words or actions performed in a state of ecstasy.

Being especially well-adapted; felicitous

A person in a state of ecstasy.

Characterized by a spontaneous or obsessive inclination to use something. Often used in combination

Pertaining to, or caused by, ecstasy or excessive emotion; of the nature, or in a state, of ecstasy; as, ecstatic gaze; ecstatic trance.

Enthusiastic about or involved with to a disproportionate degree. Often used in combination

Delightful beyond measure; rapturous; ravishing; as, ecstatic bliss or joy.

Having a feeling arising from a consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, such as comfort, peace, or tranquillity; blissful, contented, joyous.

An enthusiast.

Experiencing the effect of favourable fortune; favored by fortune or luck; fortunate, lucky, propitious.

Feeling great rapture or delight

Content, willing, satisfied (with or to do something); having no objection (to something).

(Of acts, speech, etc.) Appropriate, apt, felicitous.

(in combination) Favoring or inclined to use.

Dexterous, ready, skilful.

Implying 'May you have a happy ~' or similar; used in phrases to wish someone happiness or good fortune at the time of a festival, celebration, or other event or activity.

A happy event, thing, person, etc.

Often followed by up: to become happy; to brighten up, to cheer up.

Often followed by up: to make happy; to brighten, to cheer, to enliven.

Favored by hap, luck, or fortune; lucky; fortunate; successful; prosperous; satisfying desire; as, a happy expedient; a happy effort; a happy venture; a happy omen.

Experiencing the effect of favorable fortune; having the feeling arising from the consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, as peace, tranquillity, comfort; contented; joyous; as, happy hours, happy thoughts.

Dexterous; ready; apt; felicitous.

Enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure or good fortune;

Experiencing pleasure or joy;

Marked by good fortune;

Satisfied; enjoying well-being and contentment;

Exaggerated feeling of well-being or elation

Well expressed and to the point;