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Flustered vs Frantic - What's the difference?

flustered | frantic |

As adjectives the difference between flustered and frantic

is that flustered is confused, befuddled, in a state of panic by having become overwrought with confusion while frantic is insane, mentally unstable.

As a verb flustered

is past tense of fluster.

flustered

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Confused, befuddled, in a state of panic by having become overwrought with confusion.
    • The speaker became quite flustered when she dropped all her notes.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (fluster)

    • See also

    * fluster * catch off guard

    frantic

    English

    Alternative forms

    * frantick (obsolete) * phrantic (chiefly obsolete) * phrantick (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Insane, mentally unstable.
  • * 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , Matthew XV:
    • Master have mercy on my sonne, for he is franticke : and ys sore vexed.
  • In a state of panic, worry, frenzy or rush.
    • They returned the missing child to his frantic mother.
  • Extremely energetic
    • frantic music
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=October 1 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Everton 0 - 2 Liverpool , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=At the end of a frantic first 45 minutes, there was still time for Charlie Adam to strike the bar from 20 yards before referee Atkinson departed to a deafening chorus of jeering from Everton's fans.}}

    Synonyms

    * frenetic, frenzied

    Related terms

    * frenetic * phrenitis * frenzy

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