different between awe vs stun
awe
English
Etymology
From Middle English aw, awe, agh, aw?e, borrowed from Old Norse agi, from Proto-Germanic *agaz (“terror, dread”). Displaced native Middle English eye, ey?e, ay?e, e??e, from Old English ege, æge (“fear, terror, dread”), from the same Proto-Germanic root.
Pronunciation
- In non-rhotic accents:
- enPR: ô, IPA(key): /??/
- Homophones: oar, or, ore, o'er
- In rhotic accents:
- (US) enPR: ô, IPA(key): /?/
- Homophone: aw
- (cot–caught merger) enPR: ä, IPA(key): /?/
- Rhymes: -??
Noun
awe (usually uncountable, plural awes)
- A feeling of fear and reverence.
- A feeling of amazement.
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter IV
- For several minutes no one spoke; I think they must each have been as overcome by awe as was I. All about us was a flora and fauna as strange and wonderful to us as might have been those upon a distant planet had we suddenly been miraculously transported through ether to an unknown world.
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter IV
- (archaic) Power to inspire awe.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
awe (third-person singular simple present awes, present participle awing or aweing, simple past and past participle awed)
- (transitive) To inspire fear and reverence in.
- (transitive) To control by inspiring dread.
Synonyms
- (inspire reverence): enthral, enthrall; overwhelm
Derived terms
- awed
Translations
Anagrams
- AEW, EAW, WAE, WEA, eaw, wae
Mapudungun
Adverb
awe (using Raguileo Alphabet)
- quickly, promptly.
- soon
Synonyms
- arol
References
- Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English ?owu.
Noun
awe
- Alternative form of ewe
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Old Norse agi, from Proto-Germanic *agaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h?ég?os. Doublet of eye.
Alternative forms
- aw, ahe, au, aue, aghe, age, a?e
Pronunciation
- (Early ME) IPA(key): /?a???/
- IPA(key): /?au?(?)/
- Rhymes: -au?(?)
Noun
awe (uncountable)
- awe, wonder, reverence
- fear, horror
- that which elicits or incites horror; something horrifying
Related terms
- agheful
- aghlich (rare)
- awles (rare)
- awen (rare)
Descendants
- English: awe
- Scots: awe, aw
References
- “aue, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-11.
Etymology 3
From Old English onwe?, awe?.
Adverb
awe
- Alternative form of away
Papiamentu
Alternative forms
- awé (alternative spelling)
Etymology
From Portuguese hoje and Spanish hoy and Kabuverdianu ochi.
Pronoun
awe
- today
Swahili
Verb
awe
- inflection of -wa:
- third-person singular subjunctive affirmative
- m-wa class subject inflected singular subjunctive affirmative
Western Arrernte
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aw?/
Interjection
awe
- yes
awe From the web:
- what awe means
- what awesome
- what awesome means
- what awe means in texting
- what awestruck means
- what awe stand for
- what awesome movie should i watch
stun
English
Etymology
From Middle English stunien, stonien, stounien, from Old English stunian (“to crash, make a loud sound, resound, roar, strike with a loud sound, dash, impinge, knock, confound, astonish, stupefy”), from Proto-Germanic *stun?n?, *stunjan? (“to sound, crash, bang, groan”), from Proto-Germanic *stenan? (“to moan, shout”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tona-, *(s)tena- (“to thunder, roar, groan”) (compare thunder). Cognate with Middle Low German stonen (“to groan”), Middle High German stunen, stunden (“to drive, push, knock, strike”), Swedish stöna (“to moan, groan”), Icelandic stynja (“to moan”). Related also to Dutch steunen (“to groan; support”), German stöhnen (“to groan, moan”), German staunen (“to be astonished, be amazed, marvel at”), Russian ??????? (stonat?), ???????? (stenát?, “to moan, groan”). See also Occitan estonar, Old French estoner, English astonish.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /st?n/
- Rhymes: -?n
Verb
stun (third-person singular simple present stuns, present participle stunning, simple past and past participle stunned)
- (transitive) To incapacitate; especially by inducing disorientation or unconsciousness.
- Bill tried to stun the snake by striking it on the head.
- In many European countries cattle have to be stunned before slaughtering.
- (transitive) To shock or surprise.
- The celebrity was stunned to find herself confronted with unfounded allegiations on the front page of a newspaper.
- He stood there stunned, looking at the beautiful, breath-taking sunrise.
- (snooker, billiards) To hit the cue ball so that it slides without topspin or backspin (and with or without sidespin) and continues at a natural angle after contact with the object ball
Translations
Noun
stun (countable and uncountable, plural stuns)
- The condition of being stunned.
- That which stuns; a shock; a stupefying blow.
- (Newfoundland) A person who lacks intelligence.
- (billiard, snooker, pool) The effect on the cue ball where the ball is hit without topspin, backspin or sidespin.
Translations
Anagrams
- NUTS, Unst, nuts, tsun, tuns
stun From the web:
- what stunts your growth
- what stung me
- what stunts growth
- what stung me in the ocean
- what stunts hair growth
- what stunts grass growth
- what stunts growth in height
- what stunning means
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