Staggering vs Outstanding - What's the difference?
staggering | outstanding |
The motion of one who staggers.
* 1837 , Memoirs of Mirabeau'' (in ''The Westminster Review , volume 26, page 436)
That which staggers something or somebody.
* (Ebenezer Erskine)
prominent or noticeable; standing out from others
exceptionally good; distinguished from others by its superiority
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* {{quote-news
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, date=October 29
, author=Phil McNulty
, title=Chelsea 3 - 5 Arsenal
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projecting outwards
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unresolved; not settled or finished
owed as a debt
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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
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(head)Derived terms
* staggeringlyNoun
(en noun)- 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
- 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
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(en adjective)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.}}