Nonplus vs Bamboozle - What's the difference?
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A state of perplexity or bewilderment.
*, I.46:
*:altering Vaudemont'', to ''Vallemontanus , and metamorphosing them, by suting them to the Græcian or Latin tongue, we know not what to make of them, and are often at a non-plus .
* South
to perplex or bewilder someone; to confound or flummox
(informal) To con, defraud, trick, to make a fool of, to humbug or impose on someone.
* 1851 ,
*:“Look here, friend,” said I, “if you have anything important to tell us, out with it; but if you are only trying to bamboozle us, you are mistaken in your game; that’s all I have to say.”
Nonplus is a related term of bamboozle.
As verbs the difference between nonplus and bamboozle
is that nonplus is to perplex or bewilder someone; to confound or flummox while bamboozle is (informal) to con, defraud, trick, to make a fool of, to humbug or impose on someone.As a noun nonplus
is a state of perplexity or bewilderment.nonplus
English
Noun
(es)- Both of them are a perfect nonplus and baffle to all human understanding.