Puzzle vs Daze - What's the difference?
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Anything that is difficult to understand or make sense of.
A game for one person that is more or less difficult to work out or complete.
A crossword puzzle.
A jigsaw puzzle.
A riddle.
(archaic) Something made with marvellous skill; something of ingenious construction.
The state of being puzzled; perplexity.
(label) To perplex (someone).
* (Henry More) (1614-1687)
* (Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)
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, chapter=4, title= To make intricate; to entangle.
* (Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)
* (William Cowper) (1731-1800)
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Puzzle is a related term of daze.
As nouns the difference between puzzle and daze
is that puzzle is puzzle while daze is the state of being dazed;.As a verb daze is
to stupefy with excess of light; with a blow, with cold, or with fear; to confuse; to benumb.puzzle
English
(wikipedia puzzle)Noun
(en noun)- Where he went after he left the house is a puzzle.
- to be in a puzzle
Synonyms
* (anything difficult to understand or make sense of ): anybody's guess, anyone's guess, conundrum, enigma, mystery * (game for one person ): brain-teaser, poser * (crossword puzzle ): crossword, crossword puzzle * (''jigsaw puzzle): jigsaw, jigsaw puzzle * (riddle ): guessing game, riddleDerived terms
* Chinese puzzle * crossword puzzle * jigsaw puzzle * monkey puzzle * puzzle out * puzzle over * puzzled * puzzlement * puzzler * puzzlingVerb
(puzzl)- A very shrewd disputant in those points is dexterous in puzzling others, if they be not thoroughpaced speculators in those great theories.
- He is perpetually puzzled and perplexed amidst his own blunders.
F. E. Penny
Pulling the Strings, passage=The case was that of a murder. It had an element of mystery about it, however, which was puzzling the authorities. A turban and loincloth soaked in blood had been found; also a staff.}}
- The ways of Heaven are dark and intricate, / Puzzled in mazes, and perplexed with error.
- They disentangle from the puzzled skein.