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Baffling vs Complicated - What's the difference?

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Baffling is a related term of complicated.


As verbs the difference between baffling and complicated

is that baffling is while complicated is (complicate).

As adjectives the difference between baffling and complicated

is that baffling is puzzling and frustrating while complicated is difficult or convoluted.

As a noun baffling

is an act of foiling or thwarting.

baffling

English

Verb

(head)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • puzzling and frustrating
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of foiling or thwarting.
  • * 1831 , The Quarterly Review (London)
  • complicated

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Difficult or convoluted.
  • It seems this complicated situation will not blow over soon.
  • *
  • Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. […]  Frills, ruffles, flounces, lace, complicated seams and gores: not only did they sweep the ground and have to be held up in one hand elegantly as you walked along, but they had little capes or coats or feather boas.
  • (Biology) Folded longitudinally (as in the wings of certain insects).
  • Antonyms

    * simple

    Verb

    (head)
  • (complicate)
  • The process of fixing the car engine was complicated by the lack of tools.