Confound vs. Confusticate — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Confound and Confusticate
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Definitions
Confound
Cause surprise or confusion in (someone), especially by not according with their expectations
The inflation figure confounded economic analysts
Confusticate
To confuse, confound, or perplex.
Confound
Mix up (something) with something else
He was forever confounding managerialism with idealism
Confound
Used to express anger or annoyance
Oh confound it, where is the thing?
Confound
To cause to become confused or perplexed.
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Confound
To fail to distinguish; mix up
Don't confound fiction and fact.
Confound
To make (something bad) worse
Do not confound the problem by losing your temper.
Confound
To cause to be ashamed; abash
An invention that confounded the skeptics.
Confound
Used in mild curses
Confound you!.
Confound
To frustrate or thwart
Trivial demands that confounded the peace talks.
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Confound
(Archaic) To defeat or overthrow (an enemy).
Confound
To perplex or puzzle.
Confound
To stun or amaze.
Confound
To fail to see the difference; to mix up; to confuse right and wrong.
Confound
To make something worse.
Don't confound the situation by yelling.
Confound
To combine in a confused fashion; to mingle so as to make the parts indistinguishable.
Confound
To cause to be ashamed; to abash.
His actions confounded the skeptics.
Confound
To defeat, to frustrate, to thwart.
Confound
(dated) To damn (a mild oath).
Confound you!
Confound the lady!
Confound
(archaic) To destroy, ruin, or devastate; to bring to ruination.
Confound
(statistics) A confounding variable.
Confound
To mingle and blend, so that different elements can not be distinguished; to confuse.
They who strip not ideas from the marks men use for them, but confound them with words, must have endless dispute.
Let us go down, and there confound their language.
Confound
To mistake for another; to identify falsely.
They [the tinkers] were generally vagrants and pilferers, and were often confounded with the gypsies.
Confound
To throw into confusion or disorder; to perplex; to strike with amazement; to dismay.
The gods confound...The Athenians both within and out that wall.
They trusted in thee and were not confounded.
So spake the Son of God, and Satan stoodA while as mute, confounded what to say.
Confound
To destroy; to ruin; to waste.
One man's lust these many lives confounds.
How couldst thou in a mile confound an hour?
Confound
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
Confound
Mistake one thing for another;
You are confusing me with the other candidate
I mistook her for the secretary
