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confound vs disorientate

disorientate vs confound

confound and disorientate both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
confound No No Yes No
disorientate No No Yes No
As verbs, disorientate is a hyponym of confound; that is, disorientate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than confound:
  • confound: be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
  • disorientate: cause to be lost or disoriented
Other hyponyms of confound include demoralize, amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex, disorient.
confound (verb) disorientate (verb)
mistake one thing for another cause to be lost or disoriented
be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
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