Surprise vs. Shock
Surprisenoun
Something not expected.
Surprisenoun
(attributive) Unexpected.
Surprisenoun
The feeling that something unexpected has happened.
Surprisenoun
(obsolete) A dish covered with a crust of raised pastry, but with no other contents.
Surpriseverb
(transitive) To cause (someone) to feel unusually alarmed or delighted.
Surpriseverb
(transitive) To do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise.
Surpriseverb
(intransitive) To undergo or witness something unexpected.
Surpriseverb
(intransitive) To cause surprise.
Surpriseverb
(transitive) To attack unexpectedly.
Surpriseverb
(transitive) To take unawares.
Surprisenoun
The act of coming upon, or taking, unawares; the act of seizing unexpectedly; surprisal; as, the fort was taken by surprise.
Surprisenoun
The state of being surprised, or taken unawares, by some act or event which could not reasonably be foreseen; emotion excited by what is sudden and strange; a suddenly excited feeling of wonder or astonishment.
Surprisenoun
Anything that causes such a state or emotion.
Surprisenoun
A dish covered with a crust of raised paste, but with no other contents.
Surpriseverb
To come or fall suddenly and unexpectedly; to take unawares; to seize or capture by unexpected attack.
Surpriseverb
To strike with wonder, astonishment, or confusion, by something sudden, unexpected, or remarkable; to confound; as, his conduct surprised me.
Surpriseverb
To lead (one) to do suddenly and without forethought; to bring (one) into some unexpected state; - with into; as, to be surprised into an indiscretion; to be surprised into generosity.
Surpriseverb
To hold possession of; to hold.
Surprisenoun
the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
Surprisenoun
a sudden unexpected event
Surprisenoun
the act of surprising someone
Surpriseverb
cause to be surprised;
Surpriseverb
come upon or take unawares;
Surpriseverb
attack by storm; attack suddenly
Shocknoun
Sudden, heavy impact.
Shocknoun
(figuratively) Something so surprising that it is stunning.
Shocknoun
Electric shock, a sudden burst of electric energy, hitting an animate animal such as a human.
Shocknoun
Circulatory shock, a life-threatening medical emergency characterized by the inability of the circulatory system to supply enough oxygen to meet tissue requirements.
Shocknoun
A sudden or violent mental or emotional disturbance
Shocknoun
(mathematics) A discontinuity arising in the solution of a partial differential equation.
Shocknoun
An arrangement of sheaves for drying, a stook.
Shocknoun
A lot consisting of sixty pieces; a term applied in some Baltic ports to loose goods.
Shocknoun
(by extension) A tuft or bunch of something (e.g. hair, grass)
Shocknoun
A small dog with long shaggy hair, especially a poodle or spitz; a shaggy lapdog.
Shockverb
To cause to be emotionally shocked.
Shockverb
To give an electric shock.
Shockverb
To meet with a shock; to meet in violent encounter.
Shockverb
To collect, or make up, into a shock or shocks; to stook.
Shocknoun
A pile or assemblage of sheaves of grain, as wheat, rye, or the like, set up in a field, the sheaves varying in number from twelve to sixteen; a stook.
Shocknoun
A lot consisting of sixty pieces; - a term applied in some Baltic ports to loose goods.
Shocknoun
A quivering or shaking which is the effect of a blow, collision, or violent impulse; a blow, impact, or collision; a concussion; a sudden violent impulse or onset.
Shocknoun
A sudden agitation of the mind or feelings; a sensation of pleasure or pain caused by something unexpected or overpowering; also, a sudden agitating or overpowering event.
Shocknoun
A sudden depression of the vital forces of the entire body, or of a port of it, marking some profound impression produced upon the nervous system, as by severe injury, overpowering emotion, or the like.
Shocknoun
The sudden convulsion or contraction of the muscles, with the feeling of a concussion, caused by the discharge, through the animal system, of electricity from a charged body.
Shocknoun
A dog with long hair or shag; - called also shockdog.
Shocknoun
A thick mass of bushy hair; as, a head covered with a shock of sandy hair.
Shockverb
To collect, or make up, into a shock or shocks; to stook; as, to shock rye.
Shockverb
To be occupied with making shocks.
Shockverb
To give a shock to; to cause to shake or waver; hence, to strike against suddenly; to encounter with violence.
Shockverb
To strike with surprise, terror, horror, or disgust; to cause to recoil; as, his violence shocked his associates.
Shockverb
To subject to the action of an electrical discharge so as to cause a more or less violent depression or commotion of the nervous system.
Shockverb
To meet with a shock; to meet in violent encounter.
Shockadjective
Bushy; shaggy; as, a shock hair.
Shocknoun
the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally;
Shocknoun
the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat;
Shocknoun
a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body;
Shocknoun
(pathology) bodily collapse or near collapse caused by inadequate oxygen delivery to the cells; characterized by reduced cardiac output and rapid heartbeat and circulatory insufficiency and pallor;
Shocknoun
an instance of agitation of the earth's crust;
Shocknoun
an unpleasant or disappointing surprise;
Shocknoun
a pile of sheaves of grain set on end in a field to dry; stalks of Indian corn set up in a field;
Shocknoun
a bushy thick mass (especially hair);
Shocknoun
a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses;
Shockverb
surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off;
Shockverb
strike with disgust or revulsion;
Shockverb
strike with horror or terror;
Shockverb
collide violently
Shockverb
collect or gather into shocks;
Shockverb
subject to electrical shocks
Shockverb
inflict a trauma upon
