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Confused vs Labile - What's the difference?

confused | labile |

As adjectives the difference between confused and labile

is that confused is (lb) unable to think clearly or understand while labile is liable to slip, err, fall, or apostatize.

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

    labile

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Liable to slip, err, fall, or apostatize.
  • Apt or likely to change.
  • *, II.12:
    • Pythagoras [said] that each thing or matter was ever gliding and labile .
  • (chemistry, of a compound or bond) Kinetically unstable; rapidly cleaved (and possibly reformed).
    • Certain drugs can be conjugated to polymer molecules with a linkage that is labile at low pH to effect controlled release in a cellular endosome.
    Water ligands typically bind metals in a labile fashion and are rapidly interchanged in aqueous solution.

    Related terms

    * frigolabile * lability * lapse

    Derived terms

    * labile verb

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