different between stimulate vs excitant

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin stimul?tus, perfect passive participle of stimul? (“goad on”), from Latin stimulus (“goad”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st?mj?le?t/

Verb

stimulate (third-person singular simple present stimulates, present participle stimulating, simple past and past participle stimulated)

1. To encourage into action.

2. To arouse an organism to functional activity.

Synonyms

• (encourage): encourage, induce, incite, provoke; see also Thesaurus:incite
• (arouse): animate, arouse, energize, energise, excite, perk up; see also Thesaurus:enliven

Antonyms

• (arouse): de-energize, sedate, stifle

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• multiseat, mutilates, ultimates

Esperanto

Adverb

stimulate

1. present adverbial passive participle of stimuli

Latin

Verb

stimul?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of stimul?

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