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Perplexing vs Surreptitious - What's the difference?

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Perplexing is a related term of surreptitious.


As adjectives the difference between perplexing and surreptitious

is that perplexing is confusing or puzzling while surreptitious is stealth]]y, furtive, [[hidden|well hidden, covert (especially movements).

As a verb perplexing

is .

perplexing

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • confusing or puzzling
  • bewildering

    • Verb

    (head)

    • surreptitious

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Stealth]]y, furtive, [[hidden, well hidden, covert (especially movements).
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
    • , chapter=1 citation , passage=He read the letter aloud. Sophia listened with the studied air of one for whom, even in these days, a title possessed some surreptitious allurement.}}

    Synonyms

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    Derived terms

    * surreptitiously