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Complicated vs Puzzling - What's the difference?

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Complicated is a related term of puzzling.


As adjectives the difference between complicated and puzzling

is that complicated is difficult or convoluted while puzzling is difficult to understand or explain; enigmatic or confusing; perplexing.

As verbs the difference between complicated and puzzling

is that complicated is (complicate) while puzzling is .

As a noun puzzling is

time spent pondering something confusing.

complicated

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Difficult or convoluted.
    • It seems this complicated situation will not blow over soon.
  • *
    • Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. […]  Frills, ruffles, flounces, lace, complicated seams and gores: not only did they sweep the ground and have to be held up in one hand elegantly as you walked along, but they had little capes or coats or feather boas.
  • (Biology) Folded longitudinally (as in the wings of certain insects).

    • Antonyms

    * simple

    Verb

    (head)
  • (complicate)
    • The process of fixing the car engine was complicated by the lack of tools.

    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.