different between staggering vs confused

English

Verb

staggering

1. present participle of stagger

Adjective

staggering (comparative more staggering, superlative most staggering)

1. Incredible, overwhelming, amazing.

Derived terms

• staggeringly

Translations

Noun

staggering (plural staggerings)

1. The motion of one who staggers.
   • 1837, Memoirs of Mirabeau (in The Westminster Review, volume 26, page 436)

     There are to whom the gods, in their bounty, give glory: but far oftener it is given in wrath, as a curse and a poison; disturbing the whole inner health and industry of the man; leading onward through dizzy staggerings and tarantula jiggings […]

2. That which staggers something or somebody.
   • 1738, Ebenezer Erskine, The Annals of Redeeming Love

     But these doubts, and fears, and staggerings, although they may be in the believer, yet they are not in his faith; these things argue the infirmity of his faith, indeed; but under all this, faith is fighting for the victory […]

3. In animation, the repetition of a sequence of frames to show struggling effort

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?fju?zd/

Verb

confused

1. simple past tense and past participle of confuse

Adjective

confused (comparative more confused, superlative most confused)

1. (of a person) unable to think clearly or understand
2. (of a person or animal) disoriented
3. chaotic, jumbled or muddled
4. making no sense; illogical
5. embarrassed

Synonyms

• (unable to think clearly or understand): puzzled, perplexed, dazed

Hyponyms

• often-confused

Related terms

• confuse
• confusing
• confusion

Translations

Anagrams

• foncused