Astonishment vs Stupefaction - What's the difference?
astonishment | stupefaction |
amazement, great surprise
An amazing thing or phenomenon.
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Stupefaction is a synonym of astonishment.
As nouns the difference between astonishment and stupefaction
is that astonishment is amazement, great surprise while stupefaction is the state of dismay; shock.astonishment
English
Noun
- Everything he had seen so far--the great chocolate river, the waterfall, the huge sucking pipes, the candy meadows, the Oompa-Loompas, the beautiful pink boat, and most of all, Mr. Willy Wonka himself--had been so astonishing that he began to wonder whether there could possibly be anymore astonishments left.
