What's the difference between ecstatic and fantastic?

Ecstatic


Definition:

  • (n.) Pertaining to, or caused by, ecstasy or excessive emotion; of the nature, or in a state, of ecstasy; as, ecstatic gaze; ecstatic trance.
  • (n.) Delightful beyond measure; rapturous; ravishing; as, ecstatic bliss or joy.
  • (n.) An enthusiast.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) "Businesses will be ecstatic at today's decision because the Games will bring a colossal one-off commercial boost to the entire country," said the group's president, Michael Cassidy.
  • (2) It's only fair to note that Apple fans are ecstatic at the prospect.
  • (3) Happiness psychosis, because of the ecstatic emotions associated therewith, often involves a direct drive to do artistic work.
  • (4) Bloom is an ecstatic witness, and for him there are no half measures.
  • (5) With Connor Wickham’s late volleyed goal offering Sunderland no consolation, Pardew assumed centre stage at the final whistle, striding on to the pitch and saluting Palace’s rightly ecstatic travelling support.
  • (6) Sturgeon in plea to anti-independence voters over referendum plan Read more Although Sturgeon offered to compromise on the timing of a second vote, she brought 2,000 ecstatic delegates at the SNP spring conference in Aberdeen to their feet on Saturday declaring: “There will be an independence referendum.” Relations between Sturgeon and May have badly deteriorated since last summer and this was reflected throughout a defiant speech.
  • (7) A six-piece band comprising of Win Butler, Will Butler, Régine Chassagne, Tim Kingsbury, Jeremy Gara and Richard Reed Parry, as well as a moveable feast of other players, over the past nine years and two more albums – Neon Bible (2006) and The Suburbs (2010) – they have built a reputation for both the intrigue and intelligence of their songwriting, as well as for live shows that can seem ecstatic, desperate and electric all at once.
  • (8) The authors describe an epileptic patient with ictal ecstatic experiences and an interictal behavioral change of hypergraphia.
  • (9) Some will betray flickers of relief or ecstatic incredulity; other faces drop.
  • (10) Iceland’s players are in there bobbing up and down like a bunch of non‑leaguers ecstatic at being drawn against Everton in the third round of the Cup, a reminder of the miniature scale of this obsessive social experiment.
  • (11) This article provides a review of the nature and role of hallucinogens in the ecstatic religion of contemporary and historical cultures in order to establish a background for analysis.
  • (12) The meaty melodies are provided by John Squire, pinning down the guitar surging from caustic feedback to ecstatic wah-wah chugging – all in the space of a song.
  • (13) #RedSox @HunterFelt October 31, 2013 3.01am GMT Cardinals 1 - Red Sox 6, top of the 8th Freese hits a grounder that Bogaerts handles just fine, he throws it to first, Freese is out and the Fenway crowd is about to sing the loudest, most ecstatic version of "Sweet Caroline" in human history.
  • (14) In fact, the novel, which took nine years to write, has had an ecstatic reception by anyone's standards.
  • (15) George Miller’s ecstatically received Mad Max: Fury Road is also closing in on the race, following a recent wealth of critical awards, and Golden Globe nominations for picture and director.
  • (16) While what the BBC was calling a "mini-riot" happened both inside and outside the Millbank tower, the people in charge of its news channel were presumably ecstatic: this kind of stuff, after all, is what rolling news was invented for.
  • (17) His performance in Sir Nicholas Hytner’s production of One Man, Two Guvnors for the National Theatre, a role conceived especially for Corden, won ecstatic reviews in London and Broadway and won him, stunningly, the Tony award for best actor, beating a shortlist that included Philip Seymour Hoffman, Frank Langella and James Earl Jones.
  • (18) Photograph: Amber Jamieson for the Guardian Nick Haby, a 27-year-old marketing assistant and organizer of the #AstoriaforHillary event at Icon declared himself “ecstatic” about Clinton’s win.
  • (19) Daniel Sturridge calls winner ‘a brilliant feeling’ after England beat Wales Read more “I’d have been a lot less ecstatic if we’d not conceded that late one against Russia at the weekend which robbed us of a deserved victory,” said Hodgson, whose reaction had been joyful in the dugout.
  • (20) I made my way to the beach afterwards, exhausted but ecstatic, my head full of beer and Brazilian football, and practically danced the two miles back to my hotel, cooling my sore feet in the crashing waves.

Fantastic


Definition:

  • (a.) Existing only in imagination; fanciful; imaginary; not real; chimerical.
  • (a.) Having the nature of a phantom; unreal.
  • (a.) Indulging the vagaries of imagination; whimsical; full of absurd fancies; capricious; as, fantastic minds; a fantastic mistress.
  • (a.) Resembling fantasies in irregularity, caprice, or eccentricity; irregular; oddly shaped; grotesque.
  • (n.) A person given to fantastic dress, manners, etc.; an eccentric person; a fop.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Cape no longer has the monopoly on talent; the stars are scattered these days, and Franklin's "fantastically discriminating" deputy Robin Robertson can take credit for many recent triumphs, including their most recent Booker winner, Anne Enright.
  • (2) I’m so happy to be joining Arsenal, a club which has a great manager, a fantastic squad of players, huge support around the world and a great stadium in London,” said Sánchez.
  • (3) I suppose he’ll have to go to QPR.” Lampard released a statement confirming his departure from Chelsea that read: “When I arrived at this fantastic club 13 years ago I would never have believed that I would be fortunate enough to play so many games and enjoy sharing in so much success.
  • (4) He is big, strong, athletic, very quick and has got a fantastic leap on him," said McClaren.
  • (5) Thank you to Manchester United, not just the directors, coaching staff, medical staff, the players, the fans, all of you – you have been the most fantastic experience of my life, so thank you.
  • (6) Fantastic Beasts, which is set 70 years prior to the arrival of Potter and his pals at the magical Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, will feature the swashbuckling adventurer Newt Scamander.
  • (7) I went to see the Who recently, which was fantastic, but the band I truly love has to be the one I first got into, Guns N' Roses.
  • (8) United have a fantastic spirit, we don't have the same spirit.
  • (9) "[The consortium award] is fantastic news for them and is a testament to the leadership of their individual organisations," he said.
  • (10) I think we are still the underdogs because they have high quality but we will try to do our best – if we lose it’s because Sevilla made a fantastic performance.” As well as missing a penalty Sevilla also hit the woodwork on two occasions, with the Leicester goal living a charmed life at times.
  • (11) While the last 20 minutes were as low key as World Cup games get, Klose was responsible for a fantastic block to deny Alejandro Bedoya an equaliser in stoppage time.
  • (12) "There are idle MPs with no outside interests and there are fantastic public servants that do have them."
  • (13) He hailed the decision to award the Games to London, saying: "This is just the most fantastic opportunity to do everything we ever dreamed of in British sport."
  • (14) If you were to say within the aviation industry we can reduce our carbon footprint by 25%, people would be saying well that’s fantastic, that is big news.
  • (15) It is the most fantastic exercise: high intensity, all the limbs are moving simultaneously, and you have to try to keep the brain fully focused.
  • (16) Undoubtedly some of them see the Corbyn surge as a fantastic recruitment opportunity, or the next stage in fomenting the kind of revolution that has never taken place in a single western country.
  • (17) My experience, my maturity, was always present in the control of the emotions and the situation and during the season we had some crucial moments that we coped with in a fantastic way.
  • (18) The Libyan Red Crescent (LRC) is really one of the few actors left on the ground, along with a handful of national NGOs.” “The LRC volunteers are doing a fantastic job despite the difficult and challenging environment but at some point they will need support,” he said, adding that assessments were ongoing and a potential deployment by federation members from Tunisia was under consideration.
  • (19) She is fantastically clever and when she's on about ideas she is astonishing.
  • (20) It was intended, according to its creator, as a “warning to America”, a horrifying and fantastical vision of the future in which the US – ludicrously – had elected as its president Donald Trump .