different between exciting vs excitant

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?sa?t??/

Verb

exciting

1. present participle of excite

Adjective

exciting (comparative more exciting, superlative most exciting)

1. creating or producing excitement

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:exciting

Derived terms

• excitingness
• excitingly

Translations

Noun

exciting (plural excitings)

1. The process of something becoming excited; excitation.
   • 1855, George Herbert, The Complete Works of George Herbert

     But parents and masters should make haste in this, as to a great purchase for their children and servants; which while they defer, both sides suffer; the one, in wanting many excitings of grace, the other, in being worse served and obeyed.

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