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Confuscate vs Confiscate - What's the difference?

confuscate | confiscate |

As verbs the difference between confuscate and confiscate

is that confuscate is to confuse, confound, or perplex while confiscate is to use one's authority to lay claim to and separate a possession from its holder.

As an adjective confiscate is

confiscated; seized and appropriated by the government for public use; forfeit.

confuscate

English

Verb

  • To confuse, confound, or perplex.
  • To complicate; to cause confusion.

    • Synonyms

    * (confuse) confusticate

    confiscate

    English

    Verb

    (confiscat)
  • To use one's authority to lay claim to and separate a possession from its holder.
    • In schools it is common for teachers to confiscate electronic games and other distractions.

    Synonyms

    * (take possession of)

    See also

    * confiscation

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (obsolete) confiscated; seized and appropriated by the government for public use; forfeit
  • * Shakespeare
    • Lest that your goods too soon be confiscate .
  • * Shakespeare
    • Thy lands and goods / Are, by the laws of Venice, confiscate / Unto the state of Venice.
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