What's the difference between bemused and stumped?

Bemused


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) September 20, 2015 There were bemused reactions from some politicians.
  • (2) He shrugs in bemusement at what is, to him, a meaningless compliment.
  • (3) Adoption and fostering: ‘The best thing you have ever done’ Read more The process of adopting disabled children was much harder when she first did it in the 1980s, Thorn says, adding that people tended to be bemused as to why any parent would volunteer for the additional work involved in bringing up children with varying needs.
  • (4) Back in Slovenia, Velikonja's situation is viewed with a degree of bemusement.
  • (5) I was bemused when Lord Bell suggested the police should interest themselves in the case of a fictional assassination of a person who was already dead.
  • (6) But the attack on TalkTalk has left researchers bemused.
  • (7) In Brussels, the reaction was more bemusement than amusement.
  • (8) Klitschko and a bemused audience watched on as Fury stalked the ring in full song, most of those present presumably wishing for it to stop.
  • (9) Twenty years ago, diaspora organisations such as Afford were among the first to draw attention to African diasporas' important roles in Africa's development, to bemused and sceptical audiences.
  • (10) Zile, a US-educated former finance minister generally seen as competent and moderate, is bemused.
  • (11) But Ian Gordon, banks analyst at Investec, said: "We were quite bemused listening to RBS management describe the business as 'ready for privatisation in 12 months'.
  • (12) It has a slightly bemused expression and wears its underpants over its trousers.
  • (13) Budd is bemused but not, you sense, displeased at the renewed media attention, despite the pain it caused before.
  • (14) Granted, there was the odd person who just didn’t get it, who asked bemused questions such as: “Who makes decisions?” (both of us), “Who should we email?” (try both of us), or “Who’s in charge?” (erm, both of us).
  • (15) Salmond refused to sit down, bringing proceedings to a halt, and looked bemused by the chaos he had created.
  • (16) The German chancellor, Angela Merkel, appeared bemused when asked about the use of French as the language of Brexit: “If I am correctly informed, we are all entitled to speak in our native tongue.” Some EU officials were amused that French could be the language of Britain’s EU divorce.
  • (17) I’ve noticed on a number of occasions after leaving a snarky remark that they’ll comment again, not just bemused by the fact that I’ve taken offence, but wanting me to know that they like me.
  • (18) The Kazakh-stand sings a little louder and Kyrgios shakes his head in bemusement.
  • (19) After a lap of honour with her 11-month-old daughter in her arms, Pavey sounded almost bemused at her success.
  • (20) Part of their appeal was their apparent nonchalance, which tended to be mistaken for cool but was really, she says, just gauche bemusement.

Stumped


Definition:

  • (imp. & p. p.) of Stump

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Local embolism, vertebral distal-stump embolism, the dynamics of hemorrhagic infarction and embolus-in-transit are briefly described.
  • (2) Nine months later, the animals were sacrificed, the esophagus and the gastric stump were removed for histologic examination.
  • (3) A newborn presenting with persistent umbilical stump bleeding should be screened for factor XIII deficiency when routine coagulation tests prove normal.
  • (4) The locations of remaining tumor were the tracheal stump in patients in whom resection was incomplete.
  • (5) Posterior half stumps regenerated limbs with a mean digit number of 2.7 and had a normal dorsoventral muscle pattern.
  • (6) Two factors influencing cellular morphology in vitro were identified in Locusta: 1) the presence of a primary neurite stump, and 2) membrane contacts between cells.
  • (7) This low level of binding was maintained for periods of up to 70 days, demonstrating that some STX binds to structures other than axons in denervated distal stumps.
  • (8) For those who can't stump up more than 5% of the agreed price, he suggests guarantor mortgages, such as that offered by Lloyds TSB.
  • (9) The appendix or appendix stump was visualised on 53% of the barium examinations.
  • (10) We describe a male infant with congenital deficiency of coagulation Factor XIII who presented in the immediate postnatal period with umbilical stump bleeding and suffered a severe intracranial hemorrhage at 2 months of age.
  • (11) Photograph: Peter Beaumont for the Guardian For his part the leader of Hadash, the veteran socialist party in Israel that emphasises Arab-Jewish cooperation, Odeh has now attracted a political star status most obvious on the stump in Lod on Wednesday in the repeated cries of “Ayman!” by shopkeepers and passersby keen to shake his hand or be photographed with him.
  • (12) In both treatments, the proximal axon stumps exhibited regenerative growth as early as 1 day after axotomy, and, by the third day, neurites had extended.
  • (13) Since muscle contraction ceases immediately following nerve transection, regardless of nerve stump length, the results can be ascribed to the lack of some neural influence other than nerve-evoked muscle activity.
  • (14) Injury to the stump of a below-knee amputation (BKA) may require revision to a higher level of amputation.
  • (15) Crushing the optic nerve eliminated retinopetal fibers from all regions except the cerebral stump of the optic nerve, indicating that this projection was of central origin.
  • (16) This is dependent upon the gap between the tendon stumps being rather small.
  • (17) To maintain its 30% stake the Co-op would need to stump up another £120m, increasing its already high debt levels.
  • (18) Vauxhall Tower Like a cigarette stubbed out by the Thames, the Vauxhall's lonely stump looks cast adrift, a piece of Pudong that's lost its way.
  • (19) The radiological picture of the amputation stump after osteosarcoma was reviewed in 75 cases, in which postoperative follow-up ranged from a minimum four months, to a maximum of over 12 years.
  • (20) The postoperative alkaline reflux gastritis is described, the consequences including the carcinoma of the gastric stump are mentioned.