Delight and Excite

Delight

Delight verb - To give satisfaction to.
Usage example: the news that you had won the Pulitzer delighted us beyond words

Excite is a synonym for delight in action topic. In some cases you can use "Excite" instead a verb "Delight", when it comes to topics like please greatly.

Excite

Excite verb - To cause a pleasurable stimulation of the feelings.
Usage example: for some reason the first snowfall of the season never fails to excite us

Delight is a synonym for excite in inspire topic. Sometimes you can use "Delight" instead a verb "Excite".

Common collocations

audience delight audience excite audience
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