Startling vs Perplexing - What's the difference?
startling | perplexing | Related terms |
Likely to startle; surprising; shocking.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=September 27
, author=Alistair Magowan
, title=Bayern Munich 2 - 0 Man City
, work=BBC Sport
As verbs the difference between startling and perplexing
is that startling is present participle of lang=en while perplexing is present participle of lang=en.As adjectives the difference between startling and perplexing
is that startling is likely to startle; surprising; shocking while perplexing is confusing or puzzling.startling
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)citation, page= , passage=That startling admission capped a miserable night for City as they arrived in Germany following an unbeaten start to the season.}}