different between spirited vs scintillating

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sp???t?d/
• Hyphenation: spir?it?ed

Verb

spirited

1. simple past tense and past participle of spirit

Adjective

spirited (comparative more spirited, superlative most spirited)

1. Lively, vigorous, animated or courageous.
   • November 2 2014, Daniel Taylor, "Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk

     Remarkably United’s 10 men almost salvaged an improbable draw during a late, spirited challenge. They showed great competitive courage in that period and there were chances for Robin van Persie, Ángel Di María and Marouane Fellaini to punish City for defending too deeply and not being more clinical with their opportunities at the other end.

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• despirit, dirt pies, pteriids, rip tides, riptides, tide rips

English

Etymology

scintillate +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s?nt??le?t??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s?nt??le?t??/
• Hyphenation: scin?til?lat?ing

Verb

scintillating

1. present participle of scintillate.

Adjective

scintillating (comparative more scintillating, superlative most scintillating)

1. That scintillates with brief flashes of light; sparkling.
   • 1994, Edward St Aubyn, Bad News, Picador 2006, page 147:

     On the scintillating water yellow and blue boats bobbed up and down.

   • 2012 October 13, quoting Nguyen Chi Thien, “Nguyen Chi Thien: Nguyen Chi Thien, a Vietnamese poet, died on October 2nd, aged 73”, in The Economist^[1], archived from the original on 13 October 2012:

     They sank me into the ocean / Wishing me to remain in the depths. / I became a deep sea diver / And came up covered with scintillating pearls.

2. Brilliantly or impressively clever, exciting, amusing or witty.
   • 1864, Edgar Allan Poe, The Literati of New York - No. II - Anna Cora Mowatt:

     Her sketches and tales may be said to be cleverly written. They are lively, easy, conventional, scintillating with a species of sarcastic wit, which might be termed good were it in any respect original.

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