different between staggering vs bewildering

English

Verb

staggering

1. present participle of stagger

Adjective

staggering (comparative more staggering, superlative most staggering)

1. Incredible, overwhelming, amazing.

Derived terms

• staggeringly

Translations

Noun

staggering (plural staggerings)

1. The motion of one who staggers.
   • 1837, Memoirs of Mirabeau (in The Westminster Review, volume 26, page 436)

     There are to whom the gods, in their bounty, give glory: but far oftener it is given in wrath, as a curse and a poison; disturbing the whole inner health and industry of the man; leading onward through dizzy staggerings and tarantula jiggings […]

2. That which staggers something or somebody.
   • 1738, Ebenezer Erskine, The Annals of Redeeming Love

     But these doubts, and fears, and staggerings, although they may be in the believer, yet they are not in his faith; these things argue the infirmity of his faith, indeed; but under all this, faith is fighting for the victory […]

3. In animation, the repetition of a sequence of frames to show struggling effort

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??w?ld????/, IPA^(key): /b??w?ld???/
• Hyphenation: be?wil?der?ing
• Rhymes: -??k??

Etymology 1

From bewilder +? -ing.

Verb

bewildering

1. present participle of bewilder

Adjective

bewildering (comparative more bewildering, superlative most bewildering)

1. Very confusing, perplexing, or baffling, often due to a very large choice being available.

   There was a bewildering collection of curiosities filling the room.

Translations

Etymology 2

From bewilder +? -ing.

Noun

bewildering (plural bewilderings)

1. Bewilderment.