different between problematical vs baffling

English

problematic +? -al

problematical (comparative more problematical, superlative most problematical)

doubtful or disputed
dubious or ambiguous
- 1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 8, [1]
  The salt seer attentively listened, accompanying the Foretopman's recital with queer twitchings of his wrinkles and problematical little sparkles of his small ferret eyes.

baffling

baffling (comparative more baffling, superlative most baffling)

baffling (plural bafflings)

An act of foiling or thwarting.
- 1831, The Quarterly Review (London)
  […] the contrast of the one determined and still triumphant will of the man, with the transient and vain bafflings of winds or waves, of gods, or monsters […]

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