Muddled vs Confused - What's the difference?
muddled | confused |
Confused, disorganised, in disarray.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=June 4
, author=Phil McNulty
, title=England 2 - 2 Switzerland
, work=BBC
(muddle)
(confuse)
(lb) unable to think clearly or understand
(lb) disoriented
chaotic, jumbled or muddled
making no sense; illogical
embarrassed
As adjectives the difference between muddled and confused
is that muddled is confused, disorganised, in disarray while confused is unable to think clearly or understand.As verbs the difference between muddled and confused
is that muddled is past tense of muddle while confused is past tense of confuse.muddled
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, page= , passage=The selection of James Milner ahead of Young was the product of muddled thinking and the absence of Peter Crouch - with 22 goals in 42 England appearances - from even the substitutes' bench was also a surprise.}}
