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Astounding vs Stupendous - What's the difference?

astounding | stupendous |

As adjectives the difference between astounding and stupendous

is that astounding is that astounds or astound while stupendous is astonishingly great or large; huge; enormous.

As a verb astounding

is present participle of lang=en.

astounding

English

Verb

(head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That astounds or astound.
    • astounding success
    Synonyms
    Extraordinary, fantastic, incredible, marvelous, miraculous, phenomenal, unbelievable, wonderful See

    stupendous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Astonishingly great or large; huge; enormous.
    • One cannot appreciate how stupendous the Matterhorn is without seeing it.
  • Of stunning volume, degree, or excellence; marvelous.
    • The renovators created a stupendous new look for our house.

    Synonyms

    * colossal, enormous, huge, marvelous, prodigious, terrific, tremendous * See also

    Derived terms

    * stupendously * stupendousness

    Related terms

    * stupid * stupor

    References

    * Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary , 1987-1996.