different between dazzling vs stunning

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dæz.l?.??/, /?dæz.l??/
• Hyphenation: dazz?ling

Verb

dazzling

1. present participle of dazzle

Adjective

dazzling (comparative more dazzling, superlative most dazzling)

1. Shining intensely.
   • , Episode 12, The Cyclops

     The deafening claps of thunder and the dazzling flashes of lightning which lit up the ghastly scene testified that the artillery of heaven had lent its supernatural pomp to the already gruesome spectacle.

2. Splendid; brilliant
3. Superlative; astounding

Translations

Noun

dazzling (plural dazzlings)

1. The action of the verb to dazzle; dazzlement
   • 1837, Minutes of the General Association of Massachusetts

     Our organization secures the greatest amount of good unbalanced by accomplished evil of any known system, a good which resembles the sober hue of massive gold, rather than the splendid dazzlings of a baser metal.

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.