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Burdensome vs Baffling - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between burdensome and baffling

is that burdensome is of or like a burden; arduous or demanding while baffling is puzzling and frustrating.

As a verb baffling is

present participle of lang=en.

As a noun baffling is

an act of foiling or thwarting.

burdensome

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or like a burden; arduous or demanding
  • * 1748 , , Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of morals , London: Oxford University Press (1973 ed.), ยง 6:
    • . . . reap a pleasure from what, to the generality of mankind, may seem burdensome and laborious.

    Synonyms

    * (of or like a burden) arduous, demanding, exacting, onerous, taxing

    Related terms

    * burden

    baffling

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • puzzling and frustrating

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of foiling or thwarting.
  • * 1831 , The Quarterly Review (London)