Stupefy vs Nonplus - What's the difference?
stupefy | nonplus | Related terms |
To dull the senses or capacity to think thereby reducing responsiveness; to dazzle.
A state of perplexity or bewilderment.
*, I.46:
*:altering Vaudemont'', to ''Vallemontanus , and metamorphosing them, by suting them to the Græcian or Latin tongue, we know not what to make of them, and are often at a non-plus .
* South
to perplex or bewilder someone; to confound or flummox
Stupefy is a related term of nonplus.
As verbs the difference between stupefy and nonplus
is that stupefy is to dull the senses or capacity to think thereby reducing responsiveness; to dazzle while nonplus is to perplex or bewilder someone; to confound or flummox.As a noun nonplus is
a state of perplexity or bewilderment.stupefy
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Verb
(en-verb)Derived terms
* stupefaction * stupefied * stupefiedness * stupefier * stupefyinglynonplus
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Noun
(es)- Both of them are a perfect nonplus and baffle to all human understanding.
