Confuse vs Effuse - What's the difference?
confuse | effuse |
To thoroughly mix; to confound; to disorder.
(obsolete) To rout; discomfit.
To mix up; to puzzle; to bewilder.
To make uneasy and ashamed; to embarrass.
To mistake one thing for another.
Poured out freely; profuse.
* Barrow
Disposed to pour out freely; prodigal.
(botany) Spreading loosely, especially on one side.
(zoology) Having the lips, or edges, of the aperture abruptly spreading, as in certain shells.
to emit; to give off
(figuratively) to gush; to be excitedly talkative and enthusiastic about something
To pour out like a stream or freely; to cause to exude; to shed.
* Milton
to leak out through a small hole
(obsolete) effusion; loss
* Shakespeare
In obsolete terms the difference between confuse and effuse
is that confuse is to rout; discomfit while effuse is effusion; loss.As verbs the difference between confuse and effuse
is that confuse is to thoroughly mix; to confound; to disorder while effuse is to emit; to give off.As an adjective effuse is
poured out freely; profuse.As a noun effuse is
effusion; loss.confuse
English
Verb
(confus)Synonyms
* flummox * mistake * See alsoSee also
* discombobulate ----effuse
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- So should our joy be very effuse .
- (Young)
- an effuse inflorescence
Verb
(effus)- With gushing blood effused .
Derived terms
* effuserNoun
- Much effuse of blood.
