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Perplexing vs Perplexity - What's the difference?

perplexing | perplexity |

As an adjective perplexing

is confusing or puzzling.

As a verb perplexing

is .

As a noun perplexity is

the state or quality of being perplexed; puzzled or confused.

perplexing

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • confusing or puzzling
  • bewildering

    • Verb

    (head)

    • perplexity

    English

    Noun

    (perplexities)
  • The state or quality of being perplexed; puzzled or confused.
  • Something that perplexes.
  • * 1942 , Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006), page 149:
    • The Emperor, who was by then a focus of unresolvable perplexities , stood providing a strongly contrary appearance.
  • A measurement in information theory: see (Perplexity).