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Knotty vs Puzzling - What's the difference?

knotty | puzzling | Synonyms |

Knotty is a synonym of puzzling.


As adjectives the difference between knotty and puzzling

is that knotty is full of knots while puzzling is difficult to understand or explain; enigmatic or confusing; perplexing.

As a verb puzzling is

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As a noun puzzling is

time spent pondering something confusing.

knotty

English

Adjective

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

    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.