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Stun vs Ashame - What's the difference?

stun | ashame |

As verbs the difference between stun and ashame

is that stun is to incapacitate; especially by inducing disorientation or unconsciousness while ashame is (rare) to make ashamed; to shame.

As a noun stun

is the condition of being stunned.

stun

English

Verb

(stunn)
  • To incapacitate; especially by inducing disorientation or unconsciousness.
    • Bill tried to stun the snake by striking it on the head.
    In many European countries cattle have to be stunned before slaughtering.
  • To shock or surprise.
    • The celebrity was stunned to find herself confronted with unfounded allegiations on the front page of a newspaper.
    He stood there stunned , looking at the beautiful, breath-taking sunrise.
  • (snooker, billiards) To hit the cue ball so that it slides without topspin or backspin (and with or without sidespin) and continues at a natural angle after contact with the object ball

    • Noun

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  • The condition of being stunned.
  • (billiard, snooker, pool) The effect on the cue ball where the ball is hit without topspin, backspin or sidespin.

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    ashame

    English

    Verb

    (asham)
  • (rare) To make ashamed; to shame.
  • * 1740 , The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Chronicle , (ed.), vol 10, p. 245 (Google preview):
    • I am young Woman indifferently well brought up in the Country, and might raise my fortune considerably had I not got such a Habit of Sweating, which quite ashames me, when in Company.
  • * 1860 , , Julian Home: A Tale of College Life , p. 99 (Google preview):
    • The notice annoyed and ashamed him.
  • * 1983 , Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard) Oct 18 - Dec 1 , p. 399 (Google preview):
    • If it is one Minister who has done it he has ashamed us all and the title "Minister" will not be respected anymore.
  • * 2009 , Steve Scott, Insiders - Outsiders , ISBN 9781907172205, pp. 36-37 (Google preview):
    • They would think that I had abandoned them, that I could not handle the stress and pressure and this ashamed me immensely.
  • * 2013 Sept. 24, Sudarsan Raghavan, " Kenyan officials say Nairobi mall siege is over," Washington Post (retrieved 30 Sept 2013):
    • “As a nation, our head is bloodied but unbowed,” Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said in a televised address, declaring three days of mourning. “We have ashamed and defeated our attackers.”

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