puzzle vs stump

stump vs puzzle

puzzle and stump both are nouns.

puzzle and stump both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
puzzle	Yes	No	Yes	No
stump	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, stump is a hyponym of puzzle; that is, stump is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than puzzle:

puzzle: be a mystery or bewildering to
stump: cause to be perplexed or confounded

Other hyponyms of puzzle include mix up, riddle, elude, escape.

puzzle (noun)	stump (noun)
a game that tests your ingenuity	(cricket) any of three upright wooden posts that form the wicket
a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution	a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it
	the part of a limb or tooth that remains after the rest is removed
	the base part of a tree that remains standing after the tree has been felled

puzzle (verb)	stump (verb)
be a mystery or bewildering to	remove tree stumps from
be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide	cause to be perplexed or confounded
	travel through a district and make political speeches
	walk heavily

Difference between puzzle and stump

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