Perplex vs Confusing - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between perplex and confusing

is that perplex is to cause to feel baffled; to while confusing is .

is that perplex is (obsolete) intricate; difficult while confusing is difficult to understand; not clear as lacking order, chaotic etc.

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To cause to feel baffled; to .

To involve; to entangle; to make intricate or complicated.

* John Locke

What was thought obscure, perplexed , and too hard for our weak parts, will lie open to the understanding in a fair view.

(obsolete) To plague; to vex; to torment.

(Glanvill)

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(en adjective)

(obsolete) intricate; difficult

(Glanvill)

(Webster 1913)

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(en adjective)

difficult to understand; not clear as lacking order, chaotic etc

Several sections in that book are really confusing .

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