Buffle vs Confuse - What's the difference?

In obsolete terms the difference between buffle and confuse

is that buffle is a buffalo while confuse is to rout; discomfit.

is a buffalo.

(buffl)

(obsolete) To puzzle; to be at a loss.

(Jonathan Swift)

(en noun)

(obsolete) A buffalo.

(Webster 1913) ----

(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.

* flummox * mistake * See also