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Embroil vs Perplex - What's the difference?

embroil | perplex | Synonyms |

Embroil is a synonym of perplex.


As verbs the difference between embroil and perplex

is that embroil is to draw into a situation; to cause to be involved while perplex is to cause to feel baffled; to.

As an adjective perplex is

(obsolete) intricate; difficult.

embroil

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To draw into a situation; to cause to be involved.
    • Avoid him. He will embroil you in his fights.
  • * Dryden
    • the royal house embroiled in civil war
  • To implicate in confusion; to complicate; to jumble.
  • * Addison
    • The Christian antiquities at Rome are so embroiled with fable and legend.

    perplex

    English

    Verb

    (es)
  • To cause to feel baffled; to .
  • To involve; to entangle; to make intricate or complicated.
  • * John Locke
    • What was thought obscure, perplexed , and too hard for our weak parts, will lie open to the understanding in a fair view.
  • (obsolete) To plague; to vex; to torment.
    • (Glanvill)

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Related terms

    * perplexed * perplexing * perplexity

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) intricate; difficult
    • (Glanvill)
    (Webster 1913)

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