Difference between Get and Dumbfound

What is the difference between Get and Dumbfound?

Get as a verb is to obtain, purchase or acquire. while Dumbfound as a verb is to confuse and bewilder; to leave speechless.

Get

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Offspring. Lineage. A difficult return or block of a shot. A git. A Jewish writ of divorce.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To obtain, purchase or acquire. To receive. To fetch. To become. To cause to become; to bring about. (used with preposition) To don or doff clothing, etc. To cause to do. To betake oneself. To arrive (at) or progress (towards a place or outcome). To go or come (to a specified place, or in a specified manner). To adopt or assume (a certain position or state). To begin (doing something). To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service). To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc). To be able, permitted (to do something); to have the opportunity (to do something). To understand. To be (used to form the passive of verbs). To become ill with or catch (a disease). To catch out, trick successfully. To perplex, stump. To find as an answer. To bring to reckoning; to catch (as a criminal). To physically assault. To hear completely; catch. To getter.

Example sentence: Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth.

Dumbfound

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To confuse and bewilder; to leave speechless.

We hope you now know whether to use Get or Dumbfound in your sentence.

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