The difference between Agony and Ecstasy

When used as nouns, agony means violent contest or striving, whereas ecstasy means intense pleasure.


Ecstasy is also verb with the meaning: to experience intense pleasure.

check bellow for the other definitions of Agony and Ecstasy

  1. Agony as a noun:

    Violent contest or striving.

  2. Agony as a noun:

    Extreme pain

  3. Agony as a noun:

    The sufferings of Jesus Christ in the garden of Gethsemane.

  4. Agony as a noun:

    Paroxysm of joy; keen emotion.

    Examples:

    "With cries and agonies of wild delight. rfdatek Alexander Pope"

  5. Agony as a noun:

    The last struggle of life; death struggle.

  1. Ecstasy as a noun:

    Intense pleasure.

  2. Ecstasy as a noun:

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

  3. Ecstasy as a noun:

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

  4. Ecstasy as a noun (obsolete):

    Violent emotion or distraction of mind; excessive grief from anxiety; insanity; madness.

  5. Ecstasy as a noun (slang):

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

  6. Ecstasy as a noun (medicine, dated):

    A state in which sensibility, voluntary motion, and (largely) mental power are suspended; the body is erect and inflexible; but the pulse and breathing are not affected.

    Examples:

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  1. Ecstasy as a verb (intransitive):

    To experience intense pleasure.

  2. Ecstasy as a verb (transitive):

    To cause intense pleasure in.