What's the difference between amazement and speechless?

Amazement


Definition:

  • (n.) The condition of being amazed; bewilderment [Obs.]; overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear, horror, or admiration.
  • (n.) Frenzy; madness.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The technique is facilitated by an amazingly low tendency to bleeding.
  • (2) Before the offer for the jungle came in she was meant to be presenting the Plus Size Awards this week, an event supporting plus-size people who are doing amazing things but are overlooked by the mainstream.
  • (3) With grievous amazement, never self-pitying but sometimes bordering on a sort of numbed wonderment, Levi records the day-to-day personal and social history of the camp, noting not only the fine gradations of his own descent, but the capacity of some prisoners to cut a deal and strike a bargain, while others, destined by their age or character for the gas ovens, follow "the slope down to the bottom, like streams that run down to the sea".
  • (4) I was amazed by the sheer scale of the operation, easily mistaken for a full military assault on a kraken.
  • (5) It represents a rapid deterioration in relations since Monday when, previewing the Rotherham game, Karanka spoke of his “amazing” relationship with Steve Gibson, Boro’s owner, and everyone at the club.
  • (6) I opened my eyes and my mouth wide, which made everyone in the audience think I was amazed at what I was seeing.
  • (7) "Siri [the iPhone voice recognition assistant] reminds me of the woman who's told a dog plays chess and is asked, 'Isn't that amazing?'"
  • (8) White House plan to hire more border agents raises vetting fear, ex-senior official says Read more “But the fact is when the world changed, you have to change too, and so I do think there are amazing new opportunities now because he’s bringing nationalism to the fore, he’s bringing it into the mainstream, he’s asking these existential questions like: are we a nation?
  • (9) It was an amazing save,” said Mauricio Pochettino , the Tottenham manager.
  • (10) "Amazingly my mobile number was on it, so they were inquiring where they should deliver the parcel," they added.
  • (11) "The player [Suárez] is amazing and I love his quality, commitment and ambition to play," said Mourinho.
  • (12) Through small and large acts of deprivation and destruction we follow the process: the removal of hope, of dignity, of luxury, of necessity, of self; the reduction of a man to a hoarder of grey slabs of bread and the scrapings of a soup bowl (wonderfully told all this, with a novelist's gift for detail and sometimes very nearly comic surprise), to the confinement of a narrow bed – in which there is "not even any room to be afraid" – with a stranger who doesn't speak your language, to the cruel illogicality of hating a fellow victim of oppression more than you hate the oppressor himself – one torment following another, and even the bleak comfort of thinking you might have touched rock bottom denied you as, when the most immediate cause of a particular stress comes to an end, "you are grievously amazed to see that another one lies behind; and in reality a whole series of others".
  • (13) We recruit our colleagues for their enthusiasm, for delivering amazing customer service, and we invest in their development to ensure they can reach their full potential.
  • (14) Grid reference: 54.5763, -2.8734 Photograph: www.wildswimming.com Lower Ddwli Falls, Waterfall Woods, Brecon Beacons In the south-west hills of the Brecon Beacons , near Ystradfellte, you'll find some of the most amazing waterfall plunge pools in Britain.
  • (15) Some were amazingly naïve about culture as well as finance: "Can you read Spanish?"
  • (16) I would remind ourselves that peace will offer amazing achievements.
  • (17) AlphaGo: beating humans is one thing but to really succeed AI must work with them Read more The amazing thing is how quickly it’s happening.
  • (18) So, of course he is going to suffer, it doesn’t matter if he has an amazing job.” The prince said the event was an opportunity to show that even “unflappable” sporting personalities could experience mental health problems.
  • (19) Ultimately, however, the opportunity for personal development is provided, not by Twitter, but by the amazing and unique people who use it.
  • (20) Sophie Jackson, of Museum of London Archaeology , said: "The waterlogged conditions left by the Walbrook stream have given us layer upon layer of Roman timber buildings, fences and yards, all beautifully preserved and containing amazing personal items, clothes and even documents – all of which will transform our understanding of the people of Roman London."

Speechless


Definition:

  • (a.) Destitute or deprived of the faculty of speech.
  • (a.) Not speaking for a time; dumb; mute; silent.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) "Oh my goodness I am truly speechless,” Aduba told Good Morning America .
  • (2) Axel Schäfer, European affairs spokesman for the Social Democratic party (SPD), said: “Like many other politicians in Germany I am speechless at what stupidity nationalism can trigger in seemingly intelligent people.
  • (3) During three month periods, the patient progressively became somnolent, speechless and immobile.
  • (4) Stewart Regan, SFA chief executive "I am speechless at the news of Gary Speed's death.
  • (5) To provide a luxurious pension was never the aim of the state pension.” When I relay his comments to Dr Ros Altmann, who worked on pensions policy with the No 10 policy unit, is the UK government’s former older workers champion and a governor of the Pensions Policy Institute, she is left briefly speechless.
  • (6) The cutting of mobile libraries leaves me speechless.
  • (7) The x-rays, scans, medication, food, cleaning staff, porters that have been given to me because I’m British leave me speechless.
  • (8) Of course I agreed, but I frequently find myself left speechless when observing countries with the fewest resources revealing some of the best social work practices.
  • (9) The actress was rendered speechless by the second win – one of the more unexpected of the night.
  • (10) Five months after head injury, when he was first admitted to us, he was stable with signs of oligokinesia, katatonic posture, speechlessness, rigid muscle tones and positive cog-wheel phenomenon.
  • (11) Mick Fett, who helped organise the event, said the film had left him speechless.
  • (12) The patient was observed immediately upon admission to the hospital, and he was noted from the outset to have wakeful speechlessness.
  • (13) As I look back at all the developments to date, I’m simply speechless,” he said.
  • (14) BBC host Graham Norton was left speechless by a particularly risque display from Poland's entry Donatan and Cleo.
  • (15) The speechless patient presents a unique challenge to the clinician working with neurologically impaired adults.
  • (16) For this laryngectomee, the VoiceBak is truly speech for the speechless.
  • (17) Tottenham Hotspur’s Dele Alli says he was left “speechless” by his maiden England call-up , just five months after playing in League One.
  • (18) When it was revealed that she had made it to next week’s final, Birtwhistle said: “I am speechless.
  • (19) Patients may be rendered speechless because of many conditions, including cancer surgery, stroke, cerebral palsy, cervical cord and head trauma, neuromuscular paralysis, and intubation for respiratory failure.
  • (20) American Indian sign, used as a gestural communication system for the speechless, served the daily life needs of patients with a variety of deficits, many with unfavorable prognosis for oral speech rehabilitation.