tortuous vs tangled

tortuous and tangled both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
tortuous	No	Yes	No	No
tangled	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, tortuous and tangled are synonyms defined as:

tortuous and tangled: highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious

Other synonyms of tortuous include Byzantine, convoluted, involved, knotty, labyrinthine.

tortuous (adjective)	tangled (adjective)
highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious	in a confused mass
marked by repeated turns and bends	highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious
not straightforward