一、含义不同
excited表示自己本身刺激激动，可以理解成“感到..."；exciting表示使别人感到刺激激动，可以理解成“使别人..."
1、this is a very exciting movie或者this movie is very exciting
这个电影很刺激。
2、I feel very excited about this movie, I can't wait to watch it
我觉得这部电影非常刺激。忍不住要观看了。
二、读音不同
excited：英 [ɪkˈsaɪtɪd] 美 [ɪkˈsaɪtɪd]
exciting：英 [ɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ] 美 [ɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ]
三、主语不同
exciting主语是物或事；excited主语为人较多。
1、They waited and waited for something exciting to happen.
他们等啊等啊，等待着激动人心的事情发生。
2、The children were excited about opening their presents.
孩子们对打开礼物感到兴奋不已。
扩展资料
同义词：
一、hot-blooded
英 [ˈhɔtˈblʌdɪd] 美 [ˈhɑtˈblʌdɪd]
adj.热血的，血气方刚的，激动的
A hot-blooded person is one who easily shows strong feelings.
一个易激动的人经常会表现出强烈的感情。
二、fevered
英 [ˈfi:vəd] 美 [ˈfi:vərd]
adj.发烧的，激昂的，激动的
The dying man raised his fevered eyes gratefully to the Don.
快要死的人感激地向堂抬起他激动的眼睛。
1 ） Was it an exciting match?
2 ） Are you excited about going to Beijing?
3 ） Look! The excited reader is coming.
4 ） That film is exciting.
二、像这样表示情感、情绪的词很多，只要稍加分析，就不难发现这样的规律：带 -ed 的词表示人的感受，带 -ing 的词表示物的性质和状态。例如：
1 ） My work is getting more interesting.
2 ） He learnt very fast and became very interested in science.
3 ） Miss Wang was very pleased with their performance.
4 ） It was a boring match.
5 ） That is amazing!
6 ） He was amazed at all the colours, and all the beautiful fish.
从上面的例句可知，带有 -ed 和 -ing 的词在句子中出现频率很高，但在考试中，学生们常常容易做错。其实，它们的用法和 excited ， exciting 的用法一样，若修饰人，就用-ed 形式的词，若修饰物就用 -ing 形式的词。本回答被网友采纳