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Surprised vs Unbelief - What's the difference?

surprised | unbelief |

As an adjective surprised

is caused to feel surprise, amazement or wonder, or showing an emotion due to an unexpected event.

As a verb surprised

is (surprise).

As a noun unbelief is

an absence (or rejection) of belief, especially religious belief.

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

    unbelief

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • An absence (or rejection) of belief, especially religious belief
  • * 1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , Mark VI:
    • And he coulde there shewe no myracles butt leyd his hondes apon a feawe sicke foolke and healed them. And he merveyled at their unbelefe .
  • * 1931 , (William Faulkner), Sanctuary , Vintage 1993, p. 35:
    • On hands and knees he looked at the empty siding and up at the sunfilled sky with unbelief and despair.
  • * 2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 781:
    • Soon Spinoza was regarded as the standard-bearer for unbelief , even though pervading his carefully-worded writings there is a clear notion of a divine spirit inhabiting the world, and a profound sense of wonder and reverence for mystery.

    See also

    * disbelief * doubt