Perplex vs Confused - What's the difference?
perplex | confused |
To cause to feel baffled; to .
To involve; to entangle; to make intricate or complicated.
* John Locke
(obsolete) To plague; to vex; to torment.
(confuse)
(lb) unable to think clearly or understand
(lb) disoriented
chaotic, jumbled or muddled
making no sense; illogical
embarrassed
As verbs the difference between perplex and confused
is that perplex is to cause to feel baffled; to while confused is (confuse).As adjectives the difference between perplex and confused
is that perplex is (obsolete) intricate; difficult while confused is (lb) unable to think clearly or understand.perplex
English
Verb
(es)- What was thought obscure, perplexed , and too hard for our weak parts, will lie open to the understanding in a fair view.
- (Glanvill)
