Perplex vs Obstruct - What's the difference?
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To cause to feel baffled; to .
To involve; to entangle; to make intricate or complicated.
* John Locke
(obsolete) To plague; to vex; to torment.
To block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle. See Synonyms at block.
To impede, retard, or interfere with; hinder: obstructed my progress.
To get in the way of so as to hide from sight.
Perplex is a related term of obstruct.
As verbs the difference between perplex and obstruct
is that perplex is to cause to feel baffled; to while obstruct is to block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle see synonyms at block.As an adjective perplex
is (obsolete) intricate; difficult.perplex
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Verb
(es)- What was thought obscure, perplexed , and too hard for our weak parts, will lie open to the understanding in a fair view.
- (Glanvill)