different between racy vs exhilarating

English

Etymology

race (“having a characteristic taste (of wines, fruits, etc.)”) +? -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??e?si/
• Rhymes: -e?si

Adjective

racy (comparative racier, superlative raciest)

1. Mildly risqué.

2. Having a strong flavor indicating origin; of distinct characteristic taste; tasting of the soil.

   Synonyms: fresh, rich

3. (figuratively, by extension) Exciting to the mind by a strong or distinctive character of thought or language; peculiar and piquant; fresh and lively.
4. (programming) Involving a data race or a race condition.
   • 2016, Elvira Albert, Ivan Lanese, Formal Techniques for Distributed Objects, Components, and Systems

     We evaluate the automatic fence insertion procedure by running our tool on a number of different benchmarks containing racy code.

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Anagrams

• Cary, Cray, cary, cray

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ra.t?s?/

Noun

racy f

1. genitive/dative/locative singular of raca

English

Verb

exhilarating

1. present participle of exhilarate

Adjective

exhilarating (comparative more exhilarating, superlative most exhilarating)

1. Refreshingly thrilling.

Synonyms

• exhilarant
• cheering
• gladdening
• stimulating
• enlivening
• See also Thesaurus:blissful

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Further reading

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