Puzzling vs Esoteric - What's the difference?
puzzling | esoteric | Related terms |
Difficult to understand or explain; enigmatic or confusing; perplexing.
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intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest, or an enlightened inner circle.
Having to do with concepts that are highly theoretical and without obvious practical application; often with mystical or religious connotations.
Confidential; private.
Puzzling is a related term of esoteric.
As adjectives the difference between puzzling and esoteric
is that puzzling is difficult to understand or explain; enigmatic or confusing; perplexing while esoteric is intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest, or an enlightened inner circle.As a verb puzzling
is .As a noun puzzling
is time spent pondering something confusing.puzzling
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(en adjective)esoteric
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(en adjective)- ''The writing in this manual is very esoteric ; I need a degree in engineering just to understand it!