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Muzzling vs Puzzling - What's the difference?

muzzling | puzzling |

As verbs the difference between muzzling and puzzling

is that muzzling is present participle of lang=en while puzzling is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between muzzling and puzzling

is that muzzling is the act of placing a muzzle on an animal while puzzling is time spent pondering something confusing.

As an adjective puzzling is

difficult to understand or explain; enigmatic or confusing; perplexing.

muzzling

English

Verb

(head)
    • Allegations of muzzling climate scientists have been at the center of a controversy .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of placing a muzzle on an animal.
  • * 1902 , Pennsylvania. Dept. of Agriculture, Annual Report (page 529)
    • is totally unnecessary. The results obtained by strict enforcement of muzzlings seem to justify its recommendation.

    puzzling

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Difficult to understand or explain; enigmatic or confusing; perplexing.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=2 , passage=Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Time spent pondering something confusing.