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Flabergast vs Flummoxed - What's the difference?

flabergast | flummoxed |

As verbs the difference between flabergast and flummoxed

is that flabergast is (archaic) {{reference-book while flummoxed is (flummox).

As an adjective flummoxed is

confused, perplexed or flustered.

flabergast

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (archaic) {{reference-book
    • , editor = William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin Eli Smith (Eds.) , year = 1897 , title = The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary , url = http://books.google.com/books?id=XAJPAAAAYAAJ&dq=The+Century+Dictionary+and+Cyclopedia:+Dictionary&source=gbs_navlinks_s , pages = 2245 , publisher = Century }}

    References

    flummoxed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (flummox)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Confused, perplexed or flustered.
    • He's good at what he knows, but he gets completely flummoxed when new problems arise.

    Synonyms

    * bewildered, mystified, perplexed, stumped