Encumber vs Perplex - What's the difference?
encumber | perplex | Synonyms |
to load down something with a burden
to restrict or block something with a hindrance or impediment
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to add a legal claim or other obligation
To cause to feel baffled; to .
To involve; to entangle; to make intricate or complicated.
* John Locke
(obsolete) To plague; to vex; to torment.
Encumber is a synonym of perplex.
In lang=en terms the difference between encumber and perplex
is that encumber is to add a legal claim or other obligation while perplex is to involve; to entangle; to make intricate or complicated.As verbs the difference between encumber and perplex
is that encumber is to load down something with a burden while perplex is to cause to feel baffled; to.As an adjective perplex is
(obsolete) intricate; difficult.encumber
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* See alsoAntonyms
* disencumber, unload, unencumberDerived terms
* encumbrance * encumbrousExternal links
* *perplex
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(es)- What was thought obscure, perplexed , and too hard for our weak parts, will lie open to the understanding in a fair view.
- (Glanvill)