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Staggering vs Outstanding - What's the difference?

staggering | outstanding |

As adjectives the difference between staggering and outstanding

is that staggering is incredible, overwhelming, amazing while outstanding is prominent or noticeable; standing out from others.

As a verb staggering

is .

As a noun staggering

is the motion of one who staggers.

staggering

English

Verb

(head)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Incredible, overwhelming, amazing.
  • The army suffered a staggering defeat.

    Derived terms

    * staggeringly

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The motion of one who staggers.
  • * 1837 , Memoirs of Mirabeau'' (in ''The Westminster Review , volume 26, page 436)
  • There are to whom the gods, in their bounty, give glory: but far oftener it is given in wrath, as a curse and a poison; disturbing the whole inner health and industry of the man; leading onward through dizzy staggerings and tarantula jiggings
  • That which staggers something or somebody.
  • * (Ebenezer Erskine)
  • But these doubts, and fears, and staggerings , although they may be in the believer, yet they are not in his faith; these things argue the infirmity of his faith, indeed; but under all this, faith is fighting for the victory

    outstanding

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • prominent or noticeable; standing out from others
  • exceptionally good; distinguished from others by its superiority
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  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=October 29 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Chelsea 3 - 5 Arsenal , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=The Gunners captain demonstrated his importance to the team by taking his tally to an outstanding 28 goals in 27 Premier League games as Chelsea slumped again after their shock defeat at QPR last week.}}
  • projecting outwards
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  • unresolved; not settled or finished
  • owed as a debt
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  • Derived terms

    * outstandingly

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