different between excite vs excitant

English

Etymology

From Middle English exciten, from Old French exciter, from Latin excitare (“call out, call forth, arouse, wake up, stimulate”), frequentative of exciere (“call out, arouse excite”), from ex (“out”) + ciere (“call, summon”). See cite and compare to accite, concite, incite.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?sa?t/
• Rhymes: -a?t
• Hyphenation: ex?cite

Verb

excite (third-person singular simple present excites, present participle exciting, simple past and past participle excited)

1. (transitive) To stir the emotions of.

2. (transitive) To arouse or bring out (e.g. feelings); to stimulate.
3. (transitive, physics) To cause an electron to move to a higher than normal state; to promote an electron to an outer level.

4. To energize (an electromagnet); to produce a magnetic field in.

Antonyms

• relax, calm

Related terms

• excitement
• excitation

Translations

Further reading

• excite in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• excite in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

French

Verb

excite

1. first-person singular present indicative of exciter
2. third-person singular present indicative of exciter
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of exciter
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of exciter
5. second-person singular imperative of exciter

Latin

Verb

exc?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of exci?

Portuguese

Verb

excite

1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of excitar
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present subjunctive of excitar
3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of excitar
4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of excitar

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [eks?t??ite]

Verb

excite

1. third-person singular present subjunctive of excita
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of excita

Spanish

Verb

excite

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of excitar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of excitar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of excitar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of excitar.

English

Adjective

excitant (comparative more excitant, superlative most excitant)

1. exciting; stimulating

Translations

Noun

excitant (plural excitants)

1. Something that excites or stimulates; a stimulant

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /?k.si?tant/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?k.si?tan/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ek.si?tant/

Verb

excitant

1. present participle of excitar

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k.si.t??/

Verb

excitant

1. present participle of exciter

Adjective

excitant (feminine singular excitante, masculine plural excitants, feminine plural excitantes)

1. exciting (causing stimulation or excitement)
2. arousing

Noun

excitant m (plural excitants)

1. excitant; stimulant

Further reading

• “excitant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

excitant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of excit?

Romanian

Etymology

From French excitant.

Adjective

excitant m or n (feminine singular excitant?, masculine plural excitan?i, feminine and neuter plural excitante)

1. exciting

Declension