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Stunning vs Startling - What's the difference?

stunning | startling |

As adjectives the difference between stunning and startling

is that stunning is having an effect that stuns while startling is likely to startle; surprising; shocking.

As verbs the difference between stunning and startling

is that stunning is present participle of lang=en while startling is present participle of lang=en.

stunning

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having an effect that stuns.
  • The stunning jolt from the taser gun made the criminal stop fleeing.
  • Exceptionally beautiful or attractive.
  • That woman is stunning !
  • Amazing (very good).
  • The film was stunning .
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2012 , date=April 15 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=So it was against the run of play that their London rivals took the lead two minutes before the interval through Drogba. He rolled William Gallas inside the area before flashing a stunning finish high past keeper Carlo Cudicini.}}

    Verb

    (head)
  • startling

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Likely to startle; surprising; shocking.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=September 27 , author=Alistair Magowan , title=Bayern Munich 2 - 0 Man City , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=That startling admission capped a miserable night for City as they arrived in Germany following an unbeaten start to the season.}}

    Synonyms

    * alarming

    Derived terms

    * startlingly