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Knotty vs Baffling - What's the difference?

knotty | baffling | Synonyms |

As adjectives the difference between knotty and baffling

is that knotty is full of knots while baffling is puzzling and frustrating.

As a verb baffling is

present participle of lang=en.

As a noun baffling is

an act of foiling or thwarting.

knotty

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Full of knots.
    • knotty pine
  • Complicated or tricky; complex; difficult.
    • a knotty problem

    baffling

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • puzzling and frustrating

    • Noun

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