different between elude vs bamboozle

English

Etymology

From Latin ?l?d? (“evade, elude”), from ? (“out of”), short form of ex, + l?d? (“play; trick”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??lu?d/

Verb

elude (third-person singular simple present eludes, present participle eluding, simple past and past participle eluded)

1. (transitive) to evade, or escape from someone or something, especially by using cunning or skill
   • 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 26.

     Thus the observation of human blindness and weakness is the result of all philosophy, and meets us at every turn, in spite of our endeavours to elude or avoid it.

2. (transitive) to shake off a pursuer; to give someone the slip
3. (transitive) to escape understanding of; to be incomprehensible to
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• Deuel

Estonian

Noun

elude

1. genitive plural of elu

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ude

Verb

elude

1. third-person singular present indicative of eludere

Anagrams

• edule

Latin

Verb

?l?de

1. second-person singular present active imperative of ?l?d?

Portuguese

Verb

elude

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of eludir
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of eludir

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e?lude/, [e?lu.ð?e]

Verb

elude

1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of eludir.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of eludir.

English

Etymology

Derivative of 17th-century vernacular bam (“to trick, to con”), which is a derivative of bam in noun use (fraudster, cheat). Possibly from French embobiner

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bæm.?bu?.z?l/

Verb

bamboozle (third-person singular simple present bamboozles, present participle bamboozling, simple past and past participle bamboozled)

1. (transitive, informal) To con, defraud, trick, to make a fool of, to humbug or impose on someone.
   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 19

     “Look here, friend,” said I, “if you have anything important to tell us, out with it; but if you are only trying to bamboozle us, you are mistaken in your game; that’s all I have to say.”

2. (transitive, informal) To confuse, frustrate or perplex.

   He's completely bamboozled by the changes in the computer system.

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Noun

bamboozle (plural bamboozles)

1. (obsolete, informal) A cheat, hoax, or imposition.