Bewilder vs. Puzzle — What's the Difference?

To confuse or befuddle, especially by being complicated or varied.

A puzzle is a game, problem, or toy that tests a person's ingenuity or knowledge. In a puzzle, the solver is expected to put pieces together in a logical way, in order to arrive at the correct or fun solution of the puzzle.

To cause to lose one's bearings; disorient

Something, such as a game, toy, or problem, that requires ingenuity and often persistence in solving or assembling.

(transitive) To confuse, disorientate, or puzzle someone, especially with many different choices.

Something that baffles or confuses; an enigma

To lead into perplexity or confusion, as for lack of a plain path; to perplex with mazes; or in general, to perplex or confuse greatly.

The condition of being perplexed; bewilderment

Be a mystery or bewildering to;

To baffle or confuse mentally by presenting or being a difficult problem or matter.

Cause to be confused emotionally

To clarify or solve (something confusing) by reasoning or study

To be perplexed.

To ponder over a problem in an effort to solve or understand it.

Anything that is difficult to understand or make sense of.

A game for one or more people that is more or less difficult to work out or complete.

A crossword puzzle.

A jigsaw puzzle.

A riddle.

(archaic) Something made with marvellous skill; something of ingenious construction.

The state of being puzzled; perplexity.

(transitive) To perplex, confuse, or mystify; to cause (someone) to be faced with a mystery, without answers or an explanation.

(intransitive) To think long and carefully, in bewilderment.

(transitive) To make intricate; to entangle.

Something which perplexes or embarrasses; especially, a toy or a problem contrived for testing ingenuity; also, something exhibiting marvelous skill in making.

The state of being puzzled; perplexity; as, to be in a puzzle.

To perplex; to confuse; to embarrass; to put to a stand; to nonplus.

To make intricate; to entangle.

To solve by ingenuity, as a puzzle; - followed by out; as, to puzzle out a mystery.

To be bewildered, or perplexed.

To work, as at a puzzle; as, to puzzle over a problem.

A particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution;

A toy that tests your ingenuity

Be a mystery or bewildering to;

Be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide;