ecstasy vs excitement

ecstasy

noun
  • A state of emotion so intense that a person is carried beyond rational thought and self-control. 

  • A trance, frenzy, or rapture associated with mystic or prophetic exaltation. 

  • Intense pleasure. 

  • The drug MDMA, a synthetic entactogen of the methylenedioxyphenethylamine family, especially in a tablet form. 

verb
  • To experience intense pleasure. 

  • To cause intense pleasure in. 

excitement

noun
  • the state of being excited (emotionally aroused). 

  • something that excites. 

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