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Boggles vs Boggler - What's the difference?

boggles | boggler |

As a verb boggles

is (boggle).

As a noun boggler is

one who boggles.

boggles

English

Verb

(head)
  • (boggle)

    • 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

    boggler

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who boggles.
  • Something puzzling or confusing.

    • Derived terms

    * mind boggler/mind-boggler

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