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Bewilder vs Lead_astray - What's the difference?

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Bewilder is a synonym of lead_astray.


As verbs the difference between bewilder and lead_astray

is that bewilder is (label) to confuse, puzzle or befuddle someone, especially with many different things while lead_astray is to cause (someone) to believe an untruth.

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

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * bewilderedly * bewilderedness * bewilderer * bewilderment

    lead_astray

    English

    Verb

  • To cause (someone) to believe an untruth.
  • To misguide or misdirect.
  • Synonyms

    * misguide * misdirect * corrupt * lead off * deceive * demoralize * mislead * misinform