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Tricky vs Baffling - What's the difference?

tricky | baffling | Related terms |

As adjectives the difference between tricky and baffling

is that tricky is hard to deal with, complicated while baffling is puzzling and frustrating.

As a verb baffling is

present participle of lang=en.

As a noun baffling is

an act of foiling or thwarting.

tricky

English

Adjective

(er)
  • hard to deal with, complicated
  • They were in a tricky situation.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2012 , date=September 15 , author=Amy Lawrence , title=Arsenal's Gervinho enjoys the joy of six against lowly Southampton , work=the Guardian citation , page= , passage=It was as comfortable an afternoon as Arsène Wenger could have wished for in a situation that can be tricky in between internationals and the upcoming Champions League. }}
  • adept at using deception
  • A tricky salesman can sell anything.

    See also

    * sneaky

    baffling

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • puzzling and frustrating
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of foiling or thwarting.
  • * 1831 , The Quarterly Review (London)