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Bewilder vs Outwit - What's the difference?

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Bewilder is a related term of outwit.


As verbs the difference between bewilder and outwit

is that bewilder is (label) to confuse, puzzle or befuddle someone, especially with many different things while outwit is to get the better of; to outsmart, to beat in a competition of wits.

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

    outwit

    English

    Verb

    (outwitt)
  • To get the better of; to outsmart, to beat in a competition of wits.
  • Synonyms

    *outfox, outguess, outsmart