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Respond vs Stunned - What's the difference?

respond | stunned |

As verbs the difference between respond and stunned

is that respond is (intransitive) to say something in return; to answer; to reply while stunned is (stun).

As a noun respond

is a response.

As an adjective stunned is

unable to act or respond; dazed; shocked.

respond

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (intransitive) To say something in return; to answer; to reply.
  • to respond to a question or an argument
  • To act in return; to exhibit some action or effect in return to a force or stimulus; to do something in response; to accord.
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  • (ambitransitive) To correspond with; to suit.
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  • For his great deeds respond his speeches great.
  • To satisfy; to answer.
  • The prisoner was held to respond the judgment of the court.

    Derived terms

    * responder * responsive

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A response.
  • A versicle or short anthem chanted at intervals during the reading of a lection.
  • (architecture) A half-pillar, pilaster, or any corresponding device engaged in a wall to receive the impost of an arch.
  • See also

    * react

    References

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    stunned

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Unable to act or respond; dazed; shocked.
  • Verb

    (head)
  • (stun)