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Surprised vs Impressed - What's the difference?

surprised | impressed |

As adjectives the difference between surprised and impressed

is that surprised is caused to feel surprise, amazement or wonder, or showing an emotion due to an unexpected event while impressed is strongly affected, especially favourably.

As verbs the difference between surprised and impressed

is that surprised is past tense of surprise while impressed is past tense of impress.

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

    impressed

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • strongly affected, especially favourably
  • stamped, under pressure
  • compelled to serve in a military force
  • confiscated by force or authority

    • Antonyms

    * unimpressed

    Related terms

    * impress * impressive

    Verb

    (head)
  • (impress)

    • See also

    * imprest