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Bewilder vs Disconcert - What's the difference?

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In transitive terms the difference between bewilder and disconcert

is that bewilder is to disorientate someone while disconcert is to frustrate, make go wrong.

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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    disconcert

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To upset the composure of.
  • * Thackeray
    • The embrace disconcerted the daughter-in-law somewhat, as the caresses of old gentlemen unshorn and perfumed with tobacco might well do.
  • To bring into confusion.
  • To frustrate, make go wrong.
    • The emperor disconcerted the plans of his enemy.

    Synonyms

    * agitate * upset * See also

    Derived terms

    * disconcerting * disconcertingly