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Surprised vs Disappointed - What's the difference?

surprised | disappointed |

As adjectives the difference between surprised and disappointed

is that surprised is caused to feel surprise, amazement or wonder, or showing an emotion due to an unexpected event while disappointed is defeated of expectation or hope; let down.

As verbs the difference between surprised and disappointed

is that surprised is past tense of surprise while disappointed is past tense of disappoint.

surprised

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Caused to feel surprise, amazement or wonder, or showing an emotion due to an unexpected event.

    • Synonyms

    * astonished *

    Verb

    (head)
  • (surprise)

    • See also

    * shocked

    disappointed

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Defeated of expectation or hope; let down.
  • * , chapter=3
    • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=My hopes wa'n't disappointed . I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price.}}

    Synonyms

    * discomfited * foiled * frustrated * thwarted

    Verb

    (head)
  • (disappoint)