Muddled vs. Confused — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Muddled and Confused
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Muddled
To mix together, especially confusedly
The various flavors are muddled in this recipe.
Confused
Being unable to think with clarity or act with understanding and intelligence.
Muddled
To mix (a drink or the ingredients of a drink), especially with a muddler.
Confused
Lacking logical order or sense
A confused set of rules.
Muddled
To put into a state of confusion; confuse
Emotional rhetoric will only muddle the debate on the issue.
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Confused
Chaotic; jumbled
A confused mass of papers.
Muddled
To confuse or befuddle (a person or the mind, for example).
Confused
Simple past tense and past participle of confuse
Muddled
To mismanage or bungle
Muddle a task.
Confused
(of a person) unable to think clearly or understand
Muddled
To make turbid or muddy.
Confused
(of a person or animal) disoriented
Muddled
To think, act, or proceed in a confused or aimless manner
Muddled along through my high-school years.
Confused
Chaotic, jumbled or muddled
Muddled
A disordered condition; a mess or jumble.
Confused
Making no sense; illogical
Muddled
A state of mental confusion.
Confused
Embarrassed
Muddled
See muddler.
Confused
Same as confounded; as, bewildered and confused.
Muddled
Confused, disorganised, in disarray.
Confused
Lacking orderly continuity.
Muddled
Simple past tense and past participle of muddle
Confused
Thrown into disorder; as, His workbench held a confused assortment of spare engine parts..
Muddled
Confused and vague; used especially of thinking;
Muddleheaded ideas
Your addled little brain
Woolly thinking
Woolly-headed ideas
Confused
Having lost one's bearings physically or mentally.
Confused
Not marked by fine distinctions.
Confused
Causing bafflement and confusion.
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
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
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
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
Confused
Mentally confused; unable to think with clarity or act intelligently;
The flood of questions left her bewildered and confused
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