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Befuddle vs Dumfound - What's the difference?

befuddle | dumfound |

As verbs the difference between befuddle and dumfound

is that befuddle is (label) to perplex, confuse (someone) while dumfound is to confuse and bewilder.

befuddle

English

Verb

(befuddl)
  • (label) to perplex, confuse (someone)
  • (label) to stupefy someone, especially with alcohol
  • * 1983 , Basile Kerblay, Modern Soviet Society , page 290
    • ... to the American and French alcoholics, who drink in order to get drunk and befuddle the brain

    Synonyms

    * See also

    dumfound

    English

    Alternative forms

    *dumbfound

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To confuse and bewilder.