Confused vs. Curious — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Confused and Curious
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Confused
Being unable to think with clarity or act with understanding and intelligence.
Curious
Eager to learn more
Curious investigators.
A trapdoor that made me curious.
Confused
Lacking logical order or sense
A confused set of rules.
Curious
Unduly inquisitive; prying
A curious neighbor always looking over the fence.
Confused
Chaotic; jumbled
A confused mass of papers.
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Curious
Arousing interest because of novelty or strangeness
A curious fact.
Confused
Simple past tense and past participle of confuse
Curious
Accomplished with skill or ingenuity.
Confused
(of a person) unable to think clearly or understand
Curious
Extremely careful; scrupulous or fastidious.
Confused
(of a person or animal) disoriented
Curious
Tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate; inquisitive; (with a negative connotation) nosy, prying.
Young children are naturally curious about the world and everything in it.
Confused
Chaotic, jumbled or muddled
Curious
Caused by curiosity.
Confused
Making no sense; illogical
Curious
Leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual.
The platypus is a curious creature, with fur like a mammal and a beak like a bird.
Confused
Embarrassed
Curious
(LGBT) bi-curious
Confused
Same as confounded; as, bewildered and confused.
Curious
(obsolete) Careful, fastidious, particular; (specifically) demanding a high standard of excellence, difficult to satisfy.
Confused
Lacking orderly continuity.
Curious
(obsolete) Carefully or artfully constructed; made with great elegance or skill.
Confused
Thrown into disorder; as, His workbench held a confused assortment of spare engine parts..
Curious
Containing or pertaining to trivalent curium. Category:en:Radioactivity
Confused
Having lost one's bearings physically or mentally.
Curious
Difficult to please or satisfy; solicitous to be correct; careful; scrupulous; nice; exact.
Little curious in her clothes.
How shall we,If he be curious, work upon his faith?
Confused
Not marked by fine distinctions.
Curious
Exhibiting care or nicety; artfully constructed; elaborate; wrought with elegance or skill.
To devise curious works.
His body couched in a curious bed.
Confused
Causing bafflement and confusion.
Curious
Careful or anxious to learn; eager for knowledge; given to research or inquiry; habitually inquisitive; prying; - sometimes with after or of.
It is a pity a gentleman so very curious after things that were elegant and beautiful should not have been as curious as to their origin, their uses, and their natural history.
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
Curious
Exciting attention or inquiry; awakening surprise; inviting and rewarding inquisitiveness; not simple or plain; strange; rare.
A multitude of curious analogies.
Many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore.
Abstruse investigations in recondite branches of learning or sciense often bring to light curious results.
Many . . . which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them.
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
Curious
Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected;
A curious hybrid accent
Her speech has a funny twang
They have some funny ideas about war
Had an odd name
The peculiar aromatic odor of cloves
Something definitely queer about this town
What a rum fellow
Singular behavior
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
Curious
Eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others' concerns);
A curious child is a teacher's delight
A trap door that made me curious
Curious investigators
Traffic was slowed by curious rubberneckers
Curious about the neighbor's doings
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
Curious
Having curiosity aroused; eagerly interested in learning more;
A trap door that made me curious
Confused
Mentally confused; unable to think with clarity or act intelligently;
The flood of questions left her bewildered and confused
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