different between exult vs kvell

English

From Middle French exulter, from Latin exsult?, frequentative of exsili? (“jump up”), from ex- + sali? (“jump, leap”).

exult (third-person singular simple present exults, present participle exulting, simple past and past participle exulted)

Do not confuse exult (rejoice) (intransitive) with exalt (praise) (transitive).

From Yiddish ??????? (kveln), from an old Germanic word akin to German quellen (“well up”).

kvell (third-person singular simple present kvells, present participle kvelling, simple past and past participle kvelled)

(intransitive, US slang) To feel delighted and proud; to boast; to gloat.
- 2013, Thomas Pynchon, Bleeding Edge, Vintage 2014, p. 4:
  ‘Magnificent residence,’ she pretended to kvell, ‘maybe I'm in the wrong business?’

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