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Confuse vs. Confused — What's the Difference?

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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