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Confuse vs Outwit - What's the difference?

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Confuse is a related term of outwit.


As verbs the difference between confuse and outwit

is that confuse is to thoroughly mix; to confound; to disorder while outwit is to get the better of; to outsmart, to beat in a competition of wits.

confuse

English

Verb

(confus)
  • 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.

    • Synonyms

    * flummox * mistake * See also

    Related terms

    * confused * confusing * confusion

    See also

    * discombobulate ----

    outwit

    English

    Verb

    (outwitt)
  • To get the better of; to outsmart, to beat in a competition of wits.

    • Synonyms

    *outfox, outguess, outsmart