Astonishment vs Remarkable - What's the difference?
astonishment | remarkable |
amazement, great surprise
An amazing thing or phenomenon.
* 1964:
Worthy of being remarked or noticed; noticeable; conspicuous; hence, uncommon; extraordinary.
* 1969 , )
*{{quote-news
, year=2012
, date=May 9
, author=John Percy
, title=Birmingham City 2 Blackpool 2 (2-3 on agg): match report
, work=the Telegraph
As a noun astonishment
is amazement, great surprise.As an adjective remarkable is
worthy of being remarked or noticed; noticeable; conspicuous; hence, uncommon; extraordinary.astonishment
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.
remarkable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- [Owner]: No no he's not dead, he's, he's restin'! Remarkable bird, the Norwegian Blue, idn'it, ay? Beautiful plumage!
- [Mr. Praline]: The plumage don't enter into it. It's stone dead.
- "'Tis remarkable , that they talk most who have the least to say." -Prior.
citation, page= , passage=With such constant off-field turmoil Hughton’s work has been remarkable and this may have been his last game in charge. West Bromwich Albion, searching for a replacement for Roy Hodgson, are firm admirers.}}
