Thorny vs Puzzling - What's the difference?
thorny | puzzling | Related terms |
having thorns or spines
troublesome or vexatious
* Shakespeare
aloof and irritable
* Louisa May Alcott, Good Wives
Difficult to understand or explain; enigmatic or confusing; perplexing.
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Thorny is a related term of puzzling.
As adjectives the difference between thorny and puzzling
is that thorny is having thorns or spines while puzzling is difficult to understand or explain; enigmatic or confusing; perplexing.As a verb puzzling is
.As a noun puzzling is
time spent pondering something confusing.thorny
English
Adjective
(er)- the steep and thorny way to heaven
- 'Come, Jo, don't be thorny . After studying himself to a skeleton all the week, a fellow deserves petting, and ought to get it.'