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Confounding vs Cryptic - What's the difference?

confounding | cryptic |

As nouns the difference between confounding and cryptic

is that confounding is the act by which things are confounded, or confused while cryptic is (informal) a cryptic crossword.

As a verb confounding

is .

As an adjective cryptic is

having hidden meaning.

confounding

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which things are confounded, or confused.

    • cryptic

    English

    (wikipedia cryptic)

    Alternative forms

    * cryptick (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having hidden meaning.
  • Mystified or of an obscure nature.
  • * Glanvill
    • Her [nature's] more cryptic ways of working.
  • Involving use of code or cipher/cypher.
  • (zoology) Well camouflaged; having good camouflage.
    • Lonomia caterpillars are extremely cryptic .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) A cryptic crossword.
  • * 1996 , Mary McCarthy, Remember Me (page 85)
    • He settled down to the cryptic in the Independent . He loved his crossword. It kept him mentally active, just as gossip did his wife.
  • * 2009 , Bill Taylor, Building a crossword'' (in ''Toronto Star , 1 February 2009)
    • This writer has been solving cryptics for 40 years and can usually crack Araucaria, though it might take a couple of days.

    Derived terms

    * cryptically * cryptogram