different between confounding vs stunning

English

Verb

confounding

1. present participle of confound

Noun

confounding (plural confoundings)

1. The act by which things are confounded, or confused.
2. (epidemiology) The process by which an apparent association between an exposure and an outcome is actually explained by another factor.
   • 2013, Macera CA, Shaffer R, Shaffer PM, Introduction to Epidemiology: Distribution and Determinants of Disease, Cengage Learning, p.158:

     Confounding is defined as the confusion or distortion of measures of association between exposure and outcome as a result of third (or more) variable(s).

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?n??

Etymology 1

From Middle English stunnyng, stunnynge, stounyng, equivalent to stun +? -ing.

Adjective

stunning (comparative more stunning, superlative most stunning)

1. Having an effect that stuns.

   The stunning jolt from the taser gun made the criminal stop fleeing.

2. (informal) Exceptionally beautiful or attractive.

   That woman is stunning!

3. (informal) Amazing; wonderfully good.

   The film was stunning.

Translations

Verb

stunning

1. present participle of stun

Etymology 2

From Middle English stunnyng, stonyng (also stoniynge, stonyynge), equivalent to stun +? -ing.

Noun

stunning (plural stunnings)

1. The act by which a person or animal is physically stunned.
   • 2009, Kevin J. Anderson, The Ashes of Worlds

     He wished he had tens of thousands more troops under Andez's control so he could round up every one of these demonstrators. But it was futile to continue cracking down. The stunnings, beatings and arrests had only inflamed them further.