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Exacting vs Puzzling - What's the difference?

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Exacting is a related term of puzzling.


As adjectives the difference between exacting and puzzling

is that exacting is making excessive demands; hard to satisfy while puzzling is difficult to understand or explain; enigmatic or confusing; perplexing.

As verbs the difference between exacting and puzzling

is that exacting is while puzzling is .

As a noun puzzling is

time spent pondering something confusing.

exacting

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Making excessive demands; hard to satisfy.
  • Requiring precise accuracy

    • Synonyms

    * (excess attention to detail) See also * (careful attention to detail) See also

    Verb

    (head)

    • Derived terms

    * exactingly * exactingness

    puzzling

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Difficult to understand or explain; enigmatic or confusing; perplexing.
  • *
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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Time spent pondering something confusing.