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Puzzled vs Frazzled - What's the difference?

puzzled | frazzled |

As adjectives the difference between puzzled and frazzled

is that puzzled is confused or perplexed while frazzled is frayed at the edges.

As verbs the difference between puzzled and frazzled

is that puzzled is (puzzle) while frazzled is (frazzle).

puzzled

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Confused or perplexed.
  • * 1848 , , 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.
  • * 1920 , (Herman Cyril McNeile), Bulldog Drummond Chapter 1
    • 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.

    Derived terms

    * puzzledly * puzzledness

    Verb

    (head)
  • (puzzle)

    • frazzled

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (frazzle)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • frayed at the edges
  • stressed and exhausted either physically or emotionally

    • Derived terms

    * frazzledness * unfrazzled