different between excitement vs excitation

English

Etymology

excite +? -ment

Pronunciation

• enPR: ?k-s?t?m?nt, IPA^(key): /?k?sa?tm?nt/

Noun

excitement (countable and uncountable, plural excitements)

1. (uncountable) the state of being excited (emotionally aroused).
   • E.A. Poe, The unparalleled adventure of one Hans Pfaal:

     By late accounts from Rotterdam, that city seems to be in a high state of philosophical excitement.

2. (countable) something that excites.

Translations

English

Etymology

From Old French excitation, from Latin excitatio.Morphologically excite +? -ation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ksa??te???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

excitation (countable and uncountable, plural excitations)

1. The act of exciting or putting in motion; the act of rousing up or awakening.

1. The act of producing excitement (stimulation); also, the excitement produced.
2. (physiology) The activity produced in an organ, tissue, or part, such as a nerve cell, as a result of stimulation
3. (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

Derived terms

• excitation energy
• excitation function

Translations

Anagrams

• intoxicate

French

Pronunciation

Noun

excitation f (plural excitations)

1. excitement

Further reading

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