Giddy vs Bemused - What's the difference?
giddy | bemused |
Dizzy, feeling dizzy or unsteady and as if about to fall down.
Causing dizziness: causing dizziness or a feeling of unsteadiness.
Lightheartedly silly, or joyfully elated.
* {{quote-book, year=1905, author=
, title=
, chapter=2 (archaic) Frivolous, impulsive, inconsistent, changeable.
* 1599 ,
* 1784 , , Tirocinium; or, A Review of Schools
(obsolete) To make dizzy or unsteady.
To reel; to whirl.
As adjectives the difference between giddy and bemused
is that giddy is dizzy, feeling dizzy or unsteady and as if about to fall down while bemused is deeply thoughtful; preoccupied.As verbs the difference between giddy and bemused
is that giddy is to make dizzy or unsteady while bemused is past tense of bemuse.giddy
English
Adjective
(er)- The man became giddy upon standing up so fast.
- They climbed to a giddy height.
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- The boy was giddy when he opened his birthday presents.
- In brief, since I do purpose to marry, I will think nothing to any purpose that the world can say against it; and therefore never flout at me for what I have said against it, for man is a giddy thing, and this is my conclusion.
- Young heads are giddy and young hearts are warm,
- And make mistakes for manhood to reform.
Synonyms
* dizzyDerived terms
* giddinessSee also
* vertiginousVerb
- (Chapman)
