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Befuddled vs Betwattled - What's the difference?

befuddled | betwattled |

As verbs the difference between befuddled and betwattled

is that befuddled is past tense of befuddle while betwattled is past tense of betwattle.

As adjectives the difference between befuddled and betwattled

is that befuddled is confused or perplexed while betwattled is surprised, confounded, befuddled, to be in a distressed state of mind.

befuddled

English

Verb

(head)
  • (befuddle)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • confused or perplexed
  • drunk

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    betwattled

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (archaic) surprised, confounded, befuddled, to be in a distressed state of mind.
  • * 2007 , Eloise McGraw, The Moorchild , page 39:
    • But everybody—except Anwara, who was plainly betwattled —admitted the child was strange.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (archaic) (betwattle)

    • References

    * A Dictionary of Slang and Colloquial English, John S. Farmer and W. E. Henly, 1905. Betwaddled. Retrieved from archive.org * Glossary of Provincial Words & Phrases in use in Somersetshire, Williams and Jones, 1873. Betwaddled. Retrieved online.