Difference between happy and rapt

happy

Definitions

adjective

  1. marked by good fortune
  2. enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
  3. well expressed and to the point
  4. eagerly disposed to act or to be of service

Examples

The old ceiling and bar brought back many memories of happy carefree days of yore to those present.

I'm still feeling a bit cranially sprained, mind you, but the cat seems perfectly happy to be spending a snow day on the couch with me, watching S3 of Mission: Impossible.

And while everyone around wished the couple a happy married life, one of the guests decided to be a little cheeky.

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rapt

Definitions

adjective

  1. feeling great rapture or delight

Examples

Sadly, none of a myriad of ingenious contraptions, despite inventors' claims, puts forth more energy than it absorbs.

Through her suit, Suzie Nova felt the diamantine exterior of the alien contraption throb faintly below her feet, alive with incomprehensible energies that course through it like blood through arteries.

With a stage presence as big as her amazing costumes, her ad-libs and one-liners had the audience in raptures.

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