different between surprising vs implausible

English

Etymology

From surprise +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /s??p?a?z??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /s??p?a?z??/
• (General American, r-dissimilation) IPA^(key): /s??p?a?z??/
• Hyphenation: sur?pris?ing
• Rhymes: -a?z??

Verb

surprising

1. present participle of surprise

Adjective

surprising (comparative more surprising, superlative most surprising)

1. Causing surprise.

Synonyms

• astonishing, unexpected

Derived terms

• surprisingly

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Translations

Noun

surprising (plural surprisings)

1. A situation in which somebody is surprised.
   • 1983, David Dowling, Novelists on Novelists (page xii)

     But the comments of most of these novelists are the record of their continual surprisings by the varieties of moral and aesthetic truths.

English

Etymology

From im- +? plausible.

Adjective

implausible (comparative more implausible, superlative most implausible)

1. Not plausible; unlikely; dubious.
   • 2008, February 17, Mark Liberman, "More on Harper", Language Log,

     Harper finds the idea that Latin developed into the modern Romance languages too implausible to believe.

Synonyms

• (not plausible): unplausible

Translations