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Unintelligible vs Confusing - What's the difference?

unintelligible | confusing |

As adjectives the difference between unintelligible and confusing

is that unintelligible is not intelligible; unable to be understood while confusing is difficult to understand; not clear as lacking order, chaotic etc.

As a verb confusing is

present participle of lang=en.

unintelligible

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not intelligible; unable to be understood.

    • Antonyms

    * (l).

    See also

    * (l) * (l) * (l)

    confusing

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • difficult to understand; not clear as lacking order, chaotic etc
    • Several sections in that book are really confusing .

    Related terms

    * confuse * confused * confusion

    Verb

    (head)