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Puzzling vs Arcane - What's the difference?

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Puzzling is a related term of arcane.


As adjectives the difference between puzzling and arcane

is that puzzling is difficult to understand or explain; enigmatic or confusing; perplexing while arcane is understood by only a few; obscure; requiring secret or mysterious knowledge.

As a verb puzzling

is .

As a noun puzzling

is time spent pondering something confusing.

puzzling

English

Verb

(head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Difficult to understand or explain; enigmatic or confusing; perplexing.
  • *
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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Time spent pondering something confusing.

    • arcane

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Understood by only a few; obscure; requiring secret or mysterious knowledge.
  • * 1997 : Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault'', page 67, ''The Renaissance Episteme (Totem Books, Icon Books; ISBN 1840460865)
    • A “signature” was placed on all things by God to indicate their affinities — but it was hidden, hence the search for arcane' knowledge. Knowing was '''guessing''' and ' interpreting , not observing or demonstrating.

    Synonyms

    * esoteric * recondite * clandestine

    Antonyms

    * mundane

    Related terms

    * arcana

    References

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