Thorny vs Perplexing - What's the difference?
thorny | perplexing | Related terms |
having thorns or spines
troublesome or vexatious
* Shakespeare
aloof and irritable
* Louisa May Alcott, Good Wives
Thorny is a related term of perplexing.
As adjectives the difference between thorny and perplexing
is that thorny is having thorns or spines while perplexing is confusing or puzzling.As a verb perplexing is
.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.'