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Startled vs Staggered - What's the difference?

startled | staggered |

As adjectives the difference between startled and staggered

is that startled is frightened while staggered is astonished, taken aback.

As verbs the difference between startled and staggered

is that startled is past tense of startle while staggered is past tense of stagger.

startled

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Frightened.
  • Extremely shocked.
  • Verb

    (head)
  • (startle)
  • staggered

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (stagger)
  • The drunk staggered to the end of the bar before he collapsed.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Astonished, taken aback.
  • referring to something that has been arranged in a way that is not uniform
  • The U.S. Senate holds staggered elections, with only one third of the seats being filled every two years.