Puzzled vs Confused - What's the difference?
puzzled | confused |
Confused or perplexed.
* 1848 , ,
* 1920 , (Herman Cyril McNeile), Bulldog Drummond Chapter 1
(puzzle)
(confuse)
(lb) unable to think clearly or understand
(lb) disoriented
chaotic, jumbled or muddled
making no sense; illogical
embarrassed
Confused is a synonym of puzzled.
As adjectives the difference between puzzled and confused
is that puzzled is confused or perplexed while confused is unable to think clearly or understand.As verbs the difference between puzzled and confused
is that puzzled is past tense of puzzle while confused is past tense of confuse.puzzled
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Vanity Fair, Bradbury and Sons, 11:
- (...) when the day of the departure came, between her two customs of laughing and crying, Miss Sedley was greatly puzzled how to act.
- Once or twice he scratched his head, and stared out of the window with a puzzled frown. And each time, after a brief survey of the other side of Half Moon Street, he turned back again to the breakfast table with a grin.