Perplexing vs Mysterious - What's the difference?
perplexing | mysterious |
Of unknown origin.
Having unknown qualities.
Difficult to understand.
Deliberately evasive or enigmatic.
As adjectives the difference between perplexing and mysterious
is that perplexing is confusing or puzzling while mysterious is of unknown origin.As a verb perplexing
is .mysterious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He received a mysterious phone call this morning.
- Our boss is a mysterious man who hardly ever meets with us.
- Why he left without saying goodbye is quite mysterious .
- Stop being mysterious and just tell me what you want.