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Redemption vs Astonishment - What's the difference?

redemption | astonishment |

As nouns the difference between redemption and astonishment

is that redemption is (religious): redemption; salvation while astonishment is amazement, great surprise.

redemption

English

(wikipedia redemption)

Noun

  • the act of redeeming or something redeemed
  • the recovery, for a fee, of a pawned article
  • salvation from sin
  • rescue upon payment of a ransom

    • Derived terms

    * beyond redemption * past redemption * redemption fatigue * redemption price * redemption value

    astonishment

    English

    Noun

  • amazement, great surprise
  • An amazing thing or phenomenon.
  • * 1964:
    • 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.

    Related terms

    * astonish * astonished