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Disjointed vs Bewildering - What's the difference?

disjointed | bewildering | Related terms |

As adjectives the difference between disjointed and bewildering

is that disjointed is not connected, coherent, or continuous while bewildering is very confusing, perplexing, or baffling, often due to a very large choice being available.

As a verb bewildering is

present participle of lang=en.

As a noun bewildering is

bewilderment.

disjointed

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (figuratively) Not connected, coherent, or continuous.
    • The hours of his illness were disjointed and confusing as he drifted in and out of consciousness.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=October 1 , author=Tom Fordyce , title=Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=England can look forward to a quarter-final next weekend against a similarly struggling France, a reward they scarcely deserve on the evidence of this disjointed display.}}

    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?