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Stumped vs Stuped - What's the difference?

stumped | stuped |

As verbs the difference between stumped and stuped

is that stumped is (stump) while stuped is (stupe).

As an adjective stumped

is perplexed, at a loss.

stumped

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Perplexed, at a loss.
    • I'm stumped by this question.
  • (cricket, of a batsman, not comparable) To be out by being stumped by the wicket keeper.

    • Synonyms

    * (baffled ): at a loss, baffled, bemused, bewildered, confused, flummoxed, lost, nonplussed, perplexed, puzzled

    Verb

    (head)
  • (stump)

    • stuped

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (stupe)

    • stupe

    English

    Etymology 1

    Shortening of .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang) A stupid person or (rarely) thing.
    • He thinks Santa lives at the South Pole? What a stupe !

    Etymology 2

    From Middle English, from (etyl) , variant of stuppa.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A hot, wet medicated cloth or sponge applied externally.

    • Verb

    (stup)
  • To foment with such a cloth or sponge.
    • (Wiseman)

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