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Nonplus vs Dumbfound - What's the difference?

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Nonplus is a related term of dumbfound.


As verbs the difference between nonplus and dumbfound

is that nonplus is to perplex or bewilder someone; to confound or flummox while dumbfound is to confuse and bewilder; to leave speechless.

As a noun nonplus

is a state of perplexity or bewilderment.

nonplus

English

Noun

(es)
  • A state of perplexity or bewilderment.
  • *, I.46:
  • *:altering Vaudemont'', to ''Vallemontanus , and metamorphosing them, by suting them to the Græcian or Latin tongue, we know not what to make of them, and are often at a non-plus .
  • * South
    • Both of them are a perfect nonplus and baffle to all human understanding.

    Verb

  • to perplex or bewilder someone; to confound or flummox

    • Derived terms

    * nonplussed

    dumbfound

    English

    Alternative forms

    * dumfound

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To confuse and bewilder; to leave speechless.