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Bewildering vs Complicated - What's the difference?

bewildering | complicated | Related terms |

As adjectives the difference between bewildering and complicated

is that bewildering is very confusing, perplexing, or baffling, often due to a very large choice being available while complicated is difficult or convoluted.

As verbs the difference between bewildering and complicated

is that bewildering is present participle of lang=en while complicated is past tense of complicate.

As a noun bewildering

is bewilderment.

bewildering

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Very confusing, perplexing, or baffling, often due to a very large choice being available.
    • There was a bewildering collection of curiosities filling the room.

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • bewilderment
  • * (Herman Melville), Pierre
    • Then the bewilderings of the comings and the goings of the coffins at the large and populous house; these bewilderings came over me. What was it to be dead? What is it to be living?

    complicated

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Difficult or convoluted.
    • It seems this complicated situation will not blow over soon.
  • *
    • Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. […]  Frills, ruffles, flounces, lace, complicated seams and gores: not only did they sweep the ground and have to be held up in one hand elegantly as you walked along, but they had little capes or coats or feather boas.
  • (Biology) Folded longitudinally (as in the wings of certain insects).

    • Antonyms

    * simple

    Verb

    (head)
  • (complicate)
    • The process of fixing the car engine was complicated by the lack of tools.