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Baffling vs Paltry - What's the difference?

baffling | paltry |

As adjectives the difference between baffling and paltry

is that baffling is puzzling and frustrating while paltry is trashy, trivial, of little value.

As a verb baffling

is .

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)

    • paltry

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l), (l), (l)

    Adjective

    (er)
  • trashy, trivial, of little value
    • This is indeed a paltry flyer about a silly product.
    She made some paltry excuse and left.
  • meager; worthless; pitiful; trifling
    • Could someone hope to survive on such a paltry income?
    Student grants these days are paltry , and many students have to take out loans.

    Usage notes

    * Nouns to which "paltry" is often applied: sum, rate, amount, number, price, salary, wages, fellow, pay, excuse, income, gain, compensation.

    Anagrams

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