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Befuddlement vs Confuse - What's the difference?

befuddlement | confuse |

As a noun befuddlement

is the characteristic of being befuddled.

As a verb confuse is

to thoroughly mix; to confound; to disorder.

befuddlement

English

Noun

(-)
  • The characteristic of being befuddled.

    • confuse

    English

    Verb

    (confus)
  • To thoroughly mix; to confound; to disorder.
  • (obsolete) To rout; discomfit.
  • To mix up; to puzzle; to bewilder.
  • To make uneasy and ashamed; to embarrass.
  • To mistake one thing for another.

    • Synonyms

    * flummox * mistake * See also

    Related terms

    * confused * confusing * confusion

    See also

    * discombobulate ----