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Confuse vs Sacre - What's the difference?

confuse | sacre |

As verbs the difference between confuse and sacre

is that confuse is to thoroughly mix; to confound; to disorder while sacre is .

As an adjective sacre is

sacred, holy or sacre can be related to sacrum.

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 ----

    sacre

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (obsolete) To consecrate
  • * c.1382-1395 , , Exodus 28:41,
    • And thou schalt clothe Aaron, thi brother, with alle these, and hise sones with hym. And thou schalt sacre the hondis of alle; and thou schalt halewe hem, that thei be set in preesthood to me.
  • * 1885 , ,
    • And I purpose this night to sacre you all with the Holy Incense.
  • * 1911 , Aix-la-Chapelle'', article in '' ,
    • From the coronation of Louis the Pious in 813 until that of Ferdinand I. in 1531 the sacring of the German kings took place at Aix, and as many as thirty-two emperors and kings were here crowned.

    Anagrams

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