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Confused vs Confusional - What's the difference?

confused | confusional |

As adjectives the difference between confused and confusional

is that confused is (lb) unable to think clearly or understand while confusional is (medicine) characterized by confusion.

As a verb confused

is (confuse).

confused

English

Verb

(head)
  • (confuse)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (lb) unable to think clearly or understand
  • (lb) disoriented
  • chaotic, jumbled or muddled
  • making no sense; illogical
  • embarrassed

    • Synonyms

    (checksyns) * puzzled * perplexed

    Related terms

    * confuse * confusing * confusion

    confusional

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (medicine) Characterized by confusion.
  • * 1978 , Henri Ey, Consciousness
    • The person suffering from a confusional state is not sleeping.
  • * 1994 , David C Good, James R Couch, Handbook of Neurorehabilitation
    • Aggressive behavior, for instance, is quite common in a confusional state but is often transient and quickly resolves as confusion clears.