Admiration vs Astonishment - What's the difference?
admiration | astonishment |
Wonder mingled with approbation or delight; an emotion excited by a person or thing possessed of wonderful or high excellence; as, admiration of a beautiful woman, of a landscape, of virtue.
(obsolete) Wonder or questioning, without any particular positive or negative attitude to the subject.
* Lear: Your name, faire Gentlewoman?
Gonerill: This admiration Sir, is much o'th' savour
Of other your new prankes.'' — , I.ii.
(obsolete) Cause of admiration; something to excite wonder, or pleased surprise.
* Shakespeare
amazement, great surprise
An amazing thing or phenomenon.
* 1964:
As nouns the difference between admiration and astonishment
is that admiration is wonder mingled with approbation or delight; an emotion excited by a person or thing possessed of wonderful or high excellence; as, admiration of a beautiful woman, of a landscape, of virtue while astonishment is amazement, great surprise.admiration
English
Noun
(en noun)Gonerill: This admiration Sir, is much o'th' savour
Of other your new prankes.'' — , I.ii.
- Now, good Lafeu, bring in the admiration .
Synonyms
* wonder * approval * appreciation * adoration * reverence * worshipDerived terms
* admirative * admirativelyastonishment
English
Noun
- Everything he had seen so far--the great chocolate river, the waterfall, the huge sucking pipes, the candy meadows, the Oompa-Loompas, the beautiful pink boat, and most of all, Mr. Willy Wonka himself--had been so astonishing that he began to wonder whether there could possibly be anymore astonishments left.
