Difference between Befuddle and Confound

BEFUDDLE vs CONFOUND: NOUN

To cause to become confused or perplexed. : perplex.
To fail to distinguish; mix up.
To make (something bad) worse.
To cause to be ashamed; abash.
Used in mild curses.
To frustrate or thwart.
To defeat or overthrow (an enemy).
To destroy; to ruin; to waste.
To mingle and blend, so that different elements can not be distinguished; to confuse.
To mistake for another; to identify falsely.
To throw into confusion or disorder; to perplex; to strike with amazement; to dismay.

To mingle confusedly together; mix indiscriminately, so that individuals, parts, or elements cannot be distinguished; throw into disorder; confuse.
To treat or regard erroneously as identical: mix or associate by mistake.
To throw into confusion; perplex with sudden disturbance, terror, or surprise; stupefy with amazement.
To destroy; bring to naught; overthrow; ruin; spoil.
Hence such interjectional phrases as confound it! confound the fellow! which are relics of the fuller imprecations, God confound it! God confound the fellow ! etc.
To waste or spend uselessly, as time.
Synonyms See list under confuse. Confuse, etc. See abash.
Cause to be unable to think clearly
Be confusing or perplexing to

Frustrate, Bemuse, Flummox, Baffle, Mystify, Perplex, Bewilder, Addle, Fox, Throw, Fuddle, Bedevil, Discombobulate, Confuse, Confound

Obscure, Addle, Skew, Stun, Stupefy, Obfuscate, Distort, Mistake, Fox, Throw, Fuddle, Discombobulate, Bedevil, Confuse, Befuddle

Fluster, Frustrate, Bemuse, Flummox, Baffle, Mystify, Perplex, Bewilder, Addle, Fox, Throw, Fuddle, Discombobulate, Confuse, Confound

Commingle, Obscure, Addle, Skew, Stun, Stupefy, Obfuscate, Distort, Mistake, Fox, Throw, Fuddle, Discombobulate, Confuse, Befuddle

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Was Ballard trying to confound the sensibilities of his readers?
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