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Burdensome vs Puzzling - What's the difference?

burdensome | puzzling | Related terms |

As adjectives the difference between burdensome and puzzling

is that burdensome is of or like a burden; arduous or demanding while puzzling is difficult to understand or explain; enigmatic or confusing; perplexing.

As a verb puzzling is

present participle of lang=en.

As a noun puzzling is

time spent pondering something confusing.

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

    puzzling

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Difficult to understand or explain; enigmatic or confusing; perplexing.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=2 , passage=Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Time spent pondering something confusing.