What's the difference between dumfounded and speechless?

Dumfounded


Definition:

  • (imp. & p. p.) of Dumfound

Example Sentences:

  • (1) He won the leadership with a bigger landslide than Blair acheived 21 years ago, swept to office by a tide of Corbynmania that has dumfounded everyone at Westminster.
  • (2) An unnamed but dumfounded Elysée adviser who was in an interview with Le Monde at the time, muttered that he'd been prepared for government crises but not "marital" ones.

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.