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Breathless vs Breathtaking - What's the difference?

breathless | breathtaking |

As adjectives the difference between breathless and breathtaking

is that breathless is having difficulty breathing; gasping while breathtaking is stunningly beautiful; amazing.

breathless

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having difficulty breathing; gasping.
  • That makes one hold one's breath (with excitement etc.).
  • Not breathing; apparently dead.
  • Having no wind; still, calm or airless.

    • Derived terms

    * breathlessly * breathlessness

    breathtaking

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • stunningly beautiful; amazing
    • He went to the and spent a week taking in the breathtaking scenery all around him.
  • Very surprising or shocking; to such a degree as to cause astonishment.
    • breathtaking beauty/stupidity/rudeness

    Derived terms

    * breathtakingly