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Astonish vs Stan - What's the difference?

astonish | stan |

As verbs the difference between astonish and stan

is that astonish is surprise, flabbergast while stan is to stare.

As a noun stan is

tin.

astonish

English

Verb

(es)
  • surprise, flabbergast

    • Derived terms

    () * astonishment

    Related terms

    () * astound * astounding

    stan

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An extremely loyal and obsessed fan, particularly one whose fixation with a celebrity is unhealthy or intrusive.
  • * 2011 , Vanessa Spates, " Whether in Britney's Army or Rihanna's Navy, stans need to surrender to sanity", The Lantern (Ohio State University), Volume 132, Number 16, 11 October 2011, page 9A:
    • I know the in-depth detailed life of a stan because I am one. I'm one of those Lady Gaga fans,
  • * 2013 , " Selena Gomez: She Is My Queen", Sunday Tribune (South Africa), 17 March 2013:
    • I am the biggest stan for Selena because she is my queen. She made Disney interesting and I have always watched her.
  • * 2013 , Jake Folsom, " Stans take dedication to extreme heights online, in real life", Washington Square News , Volume 41, Number 104, 5 December 2013, page 11:
    • Incidents have occurred with stans showing up to pop stars' residences, as has happened with Madonna, Taylor Swift and others.

    Hypernyms

    * megafan, superfan, trufan, uberfan ----