different between zestful vs stimulating

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zest +? -ful

zestful (comparative more zestful, superlative most zestful)

Having a spirited love of life; ebullient.
- 1957, Arthur Upfield, Bony Buys a Woman, London: Heinemann, 1967, Chapter 13, p. 117,^[1]
  Debonair youth! The spurs, the wide felt hat, the open shirt, the belt holding the array of small pouches, including a holstered revolver, the delight in the long stock-whip having a bright green silk cracker to produce loud reports, ranging from slow rifle fire to the rat-tat-tat of a machine-gun, all told the story of zestful youth.
Eager, enthusiastic.
- 1933, H. G. Wells, The Shape of Things to Come, London: Hutchinson & Co., 1935, Book 1, § 10, p. 77,^[2]
  […] there appeared a narrowly patriotic government, which presently developed into an aggressive, vindictive and pitiless dictatorship, and set itself at once to the zestful persecution of the unfortunate ethnic minorities […]
- 1968, Donald Barthelme, “The Dolt” in Sixty Stories, New York: Dutton, 1982, p. 94,^[3]
  […] the former priest, by now habituated to military life, and even zestful for it, enlisted under the new young king, with the rank of captain.

stimulating (comparative more stimulating, superlative most stimulating)

Having a manner that stimulates.
- 1991 May 12, "Kidnapped!" Jeeves and Wooster, Series 2, Episode 5:
  Jeeves: Foreign travel often liberates emotions best kept in check, sir. The air of North America is notoriously stimulating in this regard, as witness the regrettable behavior of its inhabitants in 1776.
  B. Wooster: Hm? What happened in 1776, Jeeves?
  Jeeves: I prefer not to dwell on it, if it's convenient to you, sir.

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