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Bedazzle vs Bewilder - What's the difference?

bedazzle | bewilder | Synonyms |

In transitive terms the difference between bedazzle and bewilder

is that bedazzle is to confuse or disarm by dazzling while bewilder is to disorientate someone.

bedazzle

English

Verb

(bedazzl)
  • (label) To confuse or disarm by dazzling.
  • :He was bedazzled by her charm and wit.
  • To decorate with sequins or other sparkly material; to bespangle.
  • :She bedazzled her handbag.
  • See also

    * vajazzle

    bewilder

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (label) To confuse, puzzle or befuddle someone, especially with many different things.
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  • *:She wakened in sharp panic, bewildered by the grotesquerie of some half-remembered dream in contrast with the harshness of inclement fact, drowsily realising that since she had fallen asleep it had come on to rain smartly out of a shrouded sky.
  • (label) To disorientate someone.
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  • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * bewilderedly * bewilderedness * bewilderer * bewilderment