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Bewilderment vs Confuse - What's the difference?

bewilderment | confuse |

As a noun bewilderment

is the state of being bewildered.

As a verb confuse is

to thoroughly mix; to confound; to disorder.

bewilderment

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The state of being bewildered.
  • A confusing or perplexing situation.
  • confuse

    English

    Verb

    (confus)
  • To thoroughly mix; to confound; to disorder.
  • (obsolete) To rout; discomfit.
  • To mix up; to puzzle; to bewilder.
  • To make uneasy and ashamed; to embarrass.
  • To mistake one thing for another.
  • Synonyms

    * flummox * mistake * See also

    See also

    * discombobulate ----