Excitement vs Excitation - What's the difference?
excitement | excitation |
(uncountable) the state of being excited (emotionally aroused).
* E.A. Poe, '' The unparalelled adventure of one Hans Pfaal':
(countable) something that excites.
The act of exciting or putting in motion; the act of rousing up or awakening.
The act of producing excitement (stimulation); also, the excitement produced.
(physiology) The activity produced in an organ, tissue, or part, such as a nerve cell, as a result of stimulation
(physics) The change in state as an excited state is formed by the absorption of a quantum of energy
Excitation is a synonym of excitement.
As nouns the difference between excitement and excitation
is that excitement is the state of being excited (emotionally aroused) while excitation is the act of exciting or putting in motion; the act of rousing up or awakening.excitement
English
Noun
- By late accounts from Rotterdam, that city seems to be in a high state of philosophical excitement .
