Puzzle vs Map - What's the difference?
puzzle | map |
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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* (Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)
* (William Cowper) (1731-1800)
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A visual representation of an area, whether real or imaginary.
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(mathematics) A function.
(topology) A continuous function.
A diagram of components of an item.
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The butterfly .
(UK, old-fashioned) Someone's face.
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, author=
, title=(Jeeves in the Offing)
, section=chapter X
, passage=And as the eye rested on him, he too filled me with pity and terror, for his map was flushed and his manner distraught. He looked like Jack Dempsey at the conclusion of his first conference with Gene Tunney, the occasion, if you remember, when he forgot to duck.}}
(board games, computer games) A predefined and confined imaginary area where a game session takes place.
To create a visual representation of a territory, etc. via cartography.
To inform someone of a particular idea.
(mathematics) To act as a function on.
(topology) To act as a continuous function on.
As nouns the difference between puzzle and map
is that puzzle is anything that is difficult to understand or make sense of while map is a visual representation of an area, whether real or imaginary.As verbs the difference between puzzle and map
is that puzzle is to perplex (someone) while map is to create a visual representation of a territory, etc. via cartography.As an initialism MAP is
modified American plan, a hotel rate that included accommodation, breakfast and dinner, but not lunch.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.
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* puzzled * puzzle out * puzzle over * puzzle through * puzzler * puzzlingReferences
map
English
Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps , diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story.}}
- The discrete topology is always continuous, therefore functions with discrete domains are always maps.
citation, passage=Creating a complete map of the human connectome would therefore be a monumental milestone but not the end of the journey to understanding how our brains work.}}
- "I don't want to play this map again!"
Synonyms
* plan * chart * (mathematics) mapping, function.Derived terms
* argument map * concept map * * mapmaker * mapmaking * mind map * overworld map * texture map * thematic map * topic mapVerb
(mapp)- f'' maps''' ''A'' to ''B'', ' mapping to .
- The discrete topology is always continuous, therefore functions with discrete domains are always mappings.
