ecstasy vs inspiration

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. 

inspiration

noun
  • The act of an elevating or stimulating influence upon the intellect, emotions or creativity. 

  • A new idea, especially one which arises suddenly and is clever or creative. 

  • A person, object, or situation which quickens or stimulates an influence upon the intellect, emotions or creativity. 

  • The drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and flattening of the diaphragm, as part of the act of respiration. 

  • A supernatural divine influence on the prophets, apostles, or sacred writers, by which they were qualified to communicate moral or religious truth with authority; a supernatural influence which qualifies people to receive and communicate divine truth; also, the truth communicated. 

  • A breath, a single inhalation. 

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