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Paternal vs Confusing - What's the difference?

paternal | confusing |

As adjectives the difference between paternal and confusing

is that paternal is of or pertaining to one's father, his genes, his relatives, or his side of a family while confusing is difficult to understand; not clear as lacking order, chaotic etc.

As a verb confusing is

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paternal

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to one's father, his genes, his relatives, or his side of a family
    • paternal grandfather
  • Fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father.
  • Received or inherited from one's father.
  • * Dryden
    • their small paternal field of corn
  • Acting as a father
    • paternal filicide

    Derived terms

    * paternalism * paternalistic * paternally * paternal aunt * paternal cousin * paternal grandfather * paternal grandmother * paternal uncle

    Antonyms

    * maternal – mother

    Coordinate terms

    * avuncular – uncle * maternal – mother * materteral – aunt

    Anagrams

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    confusing

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • difficult to understand; not clear as lacking order, chaotic etc
    • Several sections in that book are really confusing .

    Related terms

    * confuse * confused * confusion

    Verb

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