different between mystify vs fluster

English

Etymology

From French mystifier, from Ancient Greek ???????? (mustikós, “secret, mystic”) + Latin -ficare.

Verb

mystify (third-person singular simple present mystifies, present participle mystifying, simple past and past participle mystified)

1. (transitive) To thoroughly confuse, befuddle, or bewilder.

Related terms

• mysterious
• mystery
• mystic
• mystical
• mysticism
• mystique

Translations

Further reading

• mystify in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• mystify in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• mystify at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Etymology

From a Scandinavian (North Germanic) language, akin to Icelandic flaustra (“to be flustered”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fl?st?/
• Rhymes: -?st?(r)

Verb

fluster (third-person singular simple present flusters, present participle flustering, simple past and past participle flustered)

1. (dated) To make hot and rosy, as with drinking.
2. (by extension) To confuse; befuddle; throw into panic by making overwrought with confusion.

3. (intransitive) To be in a heat or bustle; to be agitated and confused.

   • the flustring, vain-glorious Greeks

Derived terms

• flustered (adjective)
• flustering (adjective, present participle)

Translations

Noun

fluster (plural flusters)

1. A state of being flustered; overwrought confusion.

Anagrams

• RESTful, fluters, furtles, restful