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
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Agony as a noun:
Violent contest or striving.
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Agony as a noun:
Extreme pain
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Agony as a noun:
The sufferings of Jesus Christ in the garden of Gethsemane.
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Agony as a noun:
Paroxysm of joy; keen emotion.
Examples:
"With cries and agonies of wild delight. rfdatek Alexander Pope"
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Agony as a noun:
The last struggle of life; death struggle.
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Ecstasy as a noun:
Intense pleasure.
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Ecstasy as a noun:
A state of emotion so intense that a person is carried beyond rational thought and self-control.
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Ecstasy as a noun:
A trance, frenzy, or rapture associated with mystic or prophetic exaltation.
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Ecstasy as a noun (obsolete):
Violent emotion or distraction of mind; excessive grief from anxiety; insanity; madness.
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Ecstasy as a noun (slang):
The drug MDMA, a synthetic entactogen of the methylenedioxyphenethylamine family, especially in a tablet form.
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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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Ecstasy as a verb (intransitive):
To experience intense pleasure.
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Ecstasy as a verb (transitive):
To cause intense pleasure in.