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Stunning vs Sparkling - What's the difference?

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Stunning is a related term of sparkling.


As adjectives the difference between stunning and sparkling

is that stunning is having an effect that stuns while sparkling is of an object, reflecting light as if giving off tiny sparks.

As verbs the difference between stunning and sparkling

is that stunning is while sparkling is .

As a noun sparkling is

act or appearance of something that sparkles; a sparkle; a gleam.

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 .
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    Verb

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    • sparkling

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Of an object, reflecting light as if giving off tiny sparks.
  • Of a beverage, especially an alcoholic beverage, containing dissolved carbon dioxide (either naturally or that has been added) that comes out of solution in the form of many tiny bubbles.
  • Brilliant and vivacious.
  • * '>citation

    • Synonyms

    * glistening, twinkling * (of a beverage) fizzy, carbonated

    Antonyms

    * (of a beverage) noncarbonated, still

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Act or appearance of something that sparkles; a sparkle; a gleam.
  • * Nathaniel John Hollingsworth
    • Bright are the sparklings that beam from the dew.
  • A sparkling wine.
  • * 2011 , Michael Cooper, 100 Must-try New Zealand Wines (page 208)
    • Wines like this struggle to stand out on the show circuit, where the judges are more likely to be searching for sparklings designed in the classic Champagne mould.