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Puzzling vs Inscrutable - What's the difference?

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Puzzling is a related term of inscrutable.


As adjectives the difference between puzzling and inscrutable

is that puzzling is difficult to understand or explain; enigmatic or confusing; perplexing while inscrutable is difficult or impossible to comprehend, fathom or interpret.

As nouns the difference between puzzling and inscrutable

is that puzzling is time spent pondering something confusing while inscrutable is one who or that which is inscrutable; a person, etc that cannot be comprehended.

As a verb puzzling

is .

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.

    • inscrutable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Difficult or impossible to comprehend, fathom or interpret.
    • His inscrutable theories would years later become the foundation of a whole new science.
  • * 2007 , Tracy Jordan'' (Tracy Morgan), ''30 Rock :
    • She called my vanity license plate inscrutable ! 'ICU81MI'? Hilarious!

    Synonyms

    * (difficult to comprehend) ineffable

    Derived terms

    * inscrutability * inscrutableness * inscrutably

    See also

    * inexplorable

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who or that which is inscrutable; a person, etc. that cannot be comprehended.