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Joy vs. Elation — What's the Difference?

Joy vs. Elation — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Joy and Elation

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Joy

The word joy means a feeling of great pleasure and happiness.

Elation

To fill with great joy or happiness; delight
We were elated by the good news.

Joy

Intense and especially ecstatic or exultant happiness, or an instance of such feeling.

Elation

Elated.

Joy

An expression of such feeling.
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Elation

An exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism.

Joy

A source or an object of joy
Their only child, their pride and joy.

Elation

A feeling of joy and pride.

Joy

To take great pleasure; rejoice.

Elation

(geometry) A collineation that fixes all points on a line (called its axis) and all lines though a point on the axis (called its center).

Joy

To fill with ecstatic happiness, pleasure, or satisfaction.

Elation

A lifting up by success; exaltation; inriation with pride of prosperity.

Joy

To enjoy.

Elation

An exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism; an absence of depression

Joy

A feeling of extreme happiness or cheerfulness, especially related to the acquisition or expectation of something good.
A child's joy on Christmas morning
They will be a source of strength and joy in your life.

Elation

A feeling of joy and pride

Joy

Anything that causes such a feeling.
The joys and demands of parenthood

Joy

Luck or success; a positive outcome.

Joy

(obsolete) The sign or exhibition of joy; gaiety; merriment; festivity.

Joy

(intransitive) To feel joy, to rejoice.

Joy

To enjoy.

Joy

To give joy to; to congratulate.

Joy

To gladden; to make joyful; to exhilarate.

Joy

The passion or emotion excited by the acquisition or expectation of good; pleasurable feelings or emotions caused by success, good fortune, and the like, or by a rational prospect of possessing what we love or desire; gladness; exhilaration of spirits; delight.
Her heavenly form beheld, all wished her joy.
Glides the smooth current of domestic joy.
Who, for the joy that was set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame.
Tears of true joy for his return.
Joy is a delight of the mind, from the consideration of the present or assured approaching possession of a good.

Joy

That which causes joy or happiness.
For ye are our glory and joy.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Joy

The sign or exhibition of joy; gayety; mirth; merriment; festivity.
Such joy made Una, when her knight she found.
The roofs with joy resound.

Joy

To rejoice; to be glad; to delight; to exult.
I will joy in the God of my salvation.
In whose sight all things joy.

Joy

To give joy to; to congratulate.
To joy the friend, or grapple with the foe.

Joy

To gladden; to make joyful; to exhilarate.
Neither pleasure's art can joy my spirits.

Joy

To enjoy.
Who might have lived and joyed immortal bliss.

Joy

The emotion of great happiness

Joy

Something or someone that provides pleasure; a source of happiness;
A joy to behold
The pleasure of his company
The new car is a delight

Joy

Feel happiness or joy

Joy

Make glad or happy

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