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Bewildering vs Stunning - What's the difference?

bewildering | stunning | Related terms |

As adjectives the difference between bewildering and stunning

is that bewildering is very confusing, perplexing, or baffling, often due to a very large choice being available while stunning is having an effect that stuns.

As verbs the difference between bewildering and stunning

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

As a noun bewildering

is bewilderment.

bewildering

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Very confusing, perplexing, or baffling, often due to a very large choice being available.
    • There was a bewildering collection of curiosities filling the room.

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • bewilderment
  • * (Herman Melville), Pierre
    • Then the bewilderings of the comings and the goings of the coffins at the large and populous house; these bewilderings came over me. What was it to be dead? What is it to be living?

    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)