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Incredible vs Stunning - What's the difference?

incredible | stunning |

As adjectives the difference between incredible and stunning

is that incredible is too implausible to be credible; beyond belief; unbelievable while stunning is having an effect that stuns.

As a verb stunning is

present participle of lang=en.

incredible

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Too implausible to be credible; beyond belief; unbelievable.
  • * 1980 September 16, (w), quoted in William A. Schwartz et al., The Nuclear Seduction: Why the Arms Race Doesn’t Matter—And What Does , University of California Press (1990, 1993), ISBN 0-520-06134-9, page 29:
  • I get lost in what is credible and not credible. This whole thing gets so incredible when you consider wiping out whole nations, it is difficult to establish credibility.
  • * 2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, page 796:
  • He therefore found revealed religion incredible in a literal sense, and, as Bayle had done before him, he radically separated morality from the practice of organized religion.
  • Amazing; astonishing; awe-inspiring.
  • He was so wrapped up in watching the incredible special effects that he couldn't keep track of the story.
  • Marvelous; profoundly affecting; wonderful.
  • I had such an incredible slice of pizza last night that I simply can't think about anything else.

    Synonyms

    * unbelievable

    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

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