confound - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'confound' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Confound

[ v. t.]

- 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.

Meaning of 'confound' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . confound

[ v]

Meaning (1):
- mistake one thing for another

Example in sentence:

I mistook her for the secretary;
you are confusing me with the other candidate

Meaning (2):
- be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly

Example in sentence:

These questions confuse even the experts;
This question befuddled even the teacher;
This question completely threw me

Nearby Words:

con con- conacre conarium conation conative conatus concamerate concameration concatenate

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Confounding
Confounding is a confusion that occurs when factors other than the independent variable in an experiment vary across experimental

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