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Ambivalent vs Bemused - What's the difference?

ambivalent | bemused |

As adjectives the difference between ambivalent and bemused

is that ambivalent is simultaneously]] experiencing or expressing [[oppose|opposing or contradictory feelings, beliefs, or motivations while bemused is deeply thoughtful; preoccupied.

As a verb bemused is

(bemuse).

ambivalent

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Simultaneously]] experiencing or expressing [[oppose, opposing or contradictory feelings, beliefs, or motivations.
  • Alternately having one opinion or feeling, and then the opposite.

    • Synonyms

    * (simultaneously experiencing or expressing opposing feelings) conflicted, uncertain, undecided, unresolved * (alternately feeling opposing feelings) vacillating, fluctuating, wavering

    Related terms

    () * ambiguous * ambivalence * ambivalently * equivalent

    bemused

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (bemuse)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • deeply thoughtful; preoccupied
  • perplexed and bewildered