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Flummox vs Perplex - What's the difference?

flummox | perplex |

As verbs the difference between flummox and perplex

is that flummox is to confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast while perplex is to cause to feel baffled; to puzzle.

As an adjective perplex is

intricate; difficult.

flummox

English

Verb

(es)
  • To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=January 22 , author= , title=Man Utd 5 - 0 Birmingham , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=With United's movement flummoxing the visitors, Berbatov saw his low shot saved well by Ben Foster on his first return to Old Trafford. }}

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    perplex

    English

    Verb

    (es)
  • 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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    * perplexed * perplexing * perplexity

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) intricate; difficult
    • (Glanvill)
    (Webster 1913)

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