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Boggled vs Goggled - What's the difference?

boggled | goggled |

As verbs the difference between boggled and goggled

is that boggled is (boggle) while goggled is (goggle).

As an adjective goggled is

(dated) prominent; staring.

boggled

English

Verb

(head)
  • (boggle)

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    boggle

    English

    Verb

    (boggl)
  • To be bewildered, dumbfounded, or confused.
    • He boggled at the surprising news.
    The mind boggles .
  • * Barrow
    • Boggling at nothing which serveth their purpose.
  • * Glanvill
    • We start and boggle at every unusual appearance.
  • To confuse or mystify; overwhelm.
    • The vastness of space really boggles the mind.
    The oddities of quantum mechanics can boggle the minds of students and experienced physicists alike.
  • (US, dialect) To embarrass with difficulties; to bungle or botch.
  • (obsolete) To play fast and loose; to dissemble.
    • (Howell)

    Derived terms

    * mindboggling

    goggled

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (goggle)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (dated) prominent; staring
    • a goggled eye
    (Webster 1913)