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Believer Posted 20 years ago
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three words slipping on a puddle

I have three verbs, befuddle, baffle and confuse, and want to know how they are different in terms of their usage and meaning?

befuddle

baffle

confuse
  

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  • book=Third&va=frustrate <with postwar verse, the ...
  • book=Third&va=blur < confuse the issue in a debate> b : to throw into disorder : jumble together <a ...
  • de Morgan> -------------
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They all have in common the meaning of perplex, but they are different in other respects, confuse being the most versatile:

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baf·fle


2 : to defeat or check (as understanding, plans, efforts, actions) by confusing or puzzling : ,

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