perplexity vs secret

secret vs perplexity

perplexity and secret both are nouns.

perplexity is not an adjective while secret is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
perplexity	Yes	No	No	No
secret	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, secret is a hyponym of perplexity; that is, secret is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than perplexity:

perplexity: trouble or confusion resulting from complexity
secret: something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained

Other hyponyms of perplexity include closed book, enigma, mystery, maze, snarl, tangle, dilemma, quandary.

perplexity (noun)	secret (noun)
trouble or confusion resulting from complexity	something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
	something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on)
	information known only to a special group

perplexity (adjective)	secret (adjective)
	the next to highest level of official classification for documents
	not open or public; kept private or not revealed
	having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
	not expressed
	(of information) given in confidence or in secret
	not openly made known
	conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
	designed to elude detection
	indulging only covertly
	hidden from general view or use
	communicated covertly

Difference between perplexity and secret

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