Difference between Confound and Bedevil

CONFOUND vs BEDEVIL: NOUN

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 destroy; to ruin; to waste.
To cause to become confused or perplexed. : perplex.
To defeat or overthrow (an enemy).
To frustrate or thwart.
Used in mild curses.
To cause to be ashamed; abash.
To make (something bad) worse.
To fail to distinguish; mix up.

To spoil; ruin.
To spoil; to corrupt.
To possess with or as if with a devil; bewitch.
To worry, annoy, or frustrate.
To torment mercilessly; plague.
To throw into utter disorder and confusion, as if by the agency of evil spirits; to bring under diabolical influence; to torment.

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

To treat with diabolical violence or abuse.
To possess with or as with a devil.
Cause to be unable to think clearly
Be confusing or perplexing to
To make a devil or devils of; bring into the condition of a devil: as, to bedevil mankind.
To bewilder with worry; torment; bother; confuse.
To “play the devil with”; transform or confuse as if by the aid or agency of evil spirits; confound; muddle; corrupt; spoil.

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

Afflict, Plague, Rag, Fox, Throw, Crucify, Dun, Fuddle, Discombobulate, Tantalize, Confuse, Torment, Befuddle, Frustrate, Confound

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

Afflict, Plague, Rag, Fox, Throw, Crucify, Dun, Fuddle, Discombobulate, Tantalize, Confuse, Torment, Befuddle, Frustrate, Confound

However, the nondelegation issue is just one of several administrative problems that often bedevil state lethal injection procedures.
American terrorism that would bedevil the next American president.
Chinese companies on outbound investment and how to avoid the pitfalls that often bedevil big takeovers.
There were none of the silent letters or phonetic inconsistencies that bedevil modern English spelling.
Judging from this literature these are problems which bedevil civil justice systems around the world.
It attracts hackers from around the world whose refined skills bedevil administrators everywhere.".
She was now an adversary with no Napoleon to bedevil her.
Ethical uncertainties and conflicts will always bedevil the helping process.
Similar problems bedevil the producer and consumer price data.
Uncertainties bedevil plans to keep world trade flowing.

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Was Ballard trying to confound the sensibilities of his readers?
Should we confound novel psychoactive substances with synthetic phytocannabinoids?
Does disease-related weight loss confound the obesity paradox?
Can benzodiazepine use confound the clinical diagnosis of dementia?
How does Simpson's paradox confound research findings?
What factors confound caregiver-report of autism symptoms?
Did Jeremy Corbyn confound critics with'gobsmacking'gain?
Do microorganismos confound the Sistema inmunitario?