Confused vs Delude - What's the difference?
confused | delude |
(confuse)
(lb) unable to think clearly or understand
(lb) disoriented
chaotic, jumbled or muddled
making no sense; illogical
embarrassed
To deceive into believing something which is false; to lead into error; to dupe.
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* Burke
(obsolete) To frustrate or disappoint.
* Dryden
As verbs the difference between confused and delude
is that confused is (confuse) while delude is to deceive into believing something which is false; to lead into error; to dupe.As an adjective confused
is (lb) unable to think clearly or understand.confused
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(checksyns) * puzzled * perplexeddelude
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(delud)citation, page= , passage=Ralph Wiggum is generally employed as a bottomless fount of glorious non sequiturs, but in “I Love Lisa” he stands in for every oblivious chump who ever deluded himself into thinking that with persistence, determination, and a pure heart he can win the girl of his dreams. }}
- To delude the nation by an airy phantom.
- It deludes thy search.