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Bewilder vs Discombobulate - What's the difference?

bewilder | discombobulate |

As verbs the difference between bewilder and discombobulate

is that bewilder is (label) to confuse, puzzle or befuddle someone, especially with many different things while discombobulate is (humorous) to throw into a state of confusion; to befuddle or perplex.

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

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    Derived terms

    * bewilderedly * bewilderedness * bewilderer * bewilderment

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    discombobulate

    English

    Alternative forms

    * discomboberate * discombulate * discombobricate

    Verb

    (discombobulat)
  • (humorous) To throw into a state of confusion; to befuddle or perplex.

    • Antonyms

    * recombobulate

    See also

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    References

    English words prefixed with dis- English words suffixed with -ate Fanciful 19th century American coinages