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Enigmatic vs Baffling - What's the difference?

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Enigmatic is a related term of baffling.


As adjectives the difference between enigmatic and baffling

is that enigmatic is enigmatic while baffling is puzzling and frustrating.

As a verb baffling is

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As a noun baffling is

an act of foiling or thwarting.

enigmatic

English

Alternative forms

* (archaic) * (obsolete) * enigmatick (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Pertaining to an enigma.
  • Mysterious.
  • *
  • *:Serene, smiling, enigmatic , she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes. The clear light of the bright autumn morning had no terrors for youth and health like hers.
  • Defying description.
  • (variant) Enigmatical.

    • baffling

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • puzzling and frustrating

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of foiling or thwarting.
  • * 1831 , The Quarterly Review (London)