Confuse vs. Confused — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Confuse and Confused
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Confuse
Make (someone) bewildered or perplexed
Past and present blurred together, confusing her still further
Confused
Being unable to think with clarity or act with understanding and intelligence.
Confuse
To cause to be unable to think with clarity or act with intelligence or understanding; bewilder or perplex.
Confused
Lacking logical order or sense
A confused set of rules.
Confuse
(Archaic) To cause to feel embarrassment.
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Confused
Chaotic; jumbled
A confused mass of papers.
Confuse
To fail to differentiate (one person or thing) from another
Confused effusiveness with affection.
Confused
Simple past tense and past participle of confuse
Confuse
To make more complex or difficult to understand
"The old labels ... confuse debate instead of clarifying it" (Christopher Lasch).
Confused
(of a person) unable to think clearly or understand
Confuse
To make something unclear or incomprehensible
A new tax code that only confuses.
Confused
(of a person or animal) disoriented
Confuse
(transitive) to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder somebody; to afflict by being complicated, contradictory, or otherwise difficult to understand
It confused me when I went to the office and nobody was there, but then I realised it was Sunday.
Confused
Chaotic, jumbled or muddled
Confuse
(transitive) To mix up, muddle up one thing with another; to mistake one thing for another.
People who say "hola" to Italians are confusing Italian with Spanish.
Confused
Making no sense; illogical
Confuse
(transitive) To mix thoroughly; to confound; to disorder.
Confused
Embarrassed
Confuse
To make uneasy and ashamed; to embarrass.
Confused
Same as confounded; as, bewildered and confused.
Confuse
To rout; discomfit.
Confused
Lacking orderly continuity.
Confuse
(intransitive) To be confused.
Confused
Thrown into disorder; as, His workbench held a confused assortment of spare engine parts..
Confuse
Mixed; confounded.
Confused
Having lost one's bearings physically or mentally.
Confuse
To mix or blend so that things can not be distinguished; to jumble together; to confound; to render indistinct or obscure; as, to confuse accounts; to confuse one's vision.
A universal hubbub wildOf stunning sounds and voices all confused.
Confused
Not marked by fine distinctions.
Confuse
To perplex; to disconcert; to abash; to cause to lose self-possession.
Nor thou with shadowed hint confuseA life that leads melodious days.
Confused and sadly she at length replied.
Confused
Causing bafflement and confusion.
Confuse
Mistake one thing for another;
You are confusing me with the other candidate
I mistook her for the secretary
Confused
Perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment;
Obviously bemused by his questions
Bewildered and confused
A cloudy and confounded philosopher
Just a mixed-up kid
She felt lost on the first day of school
Confuse
Be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly;
These questions confuse even the experts
This question completely threw me
This question befuddled even the teacher
Confused
Lacking orderly continuity;
A confused set of instructions
A confused dream about the end of the world
Disconnected fragments of a story
Scattered thoughts
Confuse
Cause to feel embarrassment;
The constant attention of the young man confused her
Confused
Having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity;
I frequently find myself disoriented when I come up out of the subway
The anesthetic left her completely disoriented
Confuse
Assemble without order or sense;
She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence
Confused
Thrown into a state of disarray or confusion;
Troops fleeing in broken ranks
A confused mass of papers on the desk
The small disordered room
With everything so upset
Confuse
Make unclear or incomprehensible;
The new tax return forms only confuse
Confused
Mentally confused; unable to think with clarity or act intelligently;
The flood of questions left her bewildered and confused
Confuse
Make unclear, indistinct, or blurred;
Her remarks confused the debate
Their words obnubilate their intentions
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