Baffle vs. Puzzle
Baffleverb
(obsolete) To publicly disgrace, especially of a recreant knight.
Baffleverb
(obsolete) To hoodwink or deceive (someone).
Baffleverb
To bewilder completely; to confuse or perplex.
Baffleverb
To foil; to thwart.
Baffleverb
(intransitive) To struggle in vain.
Bafflenoun
A device used to dampen the effects of such things as sound, light, or fluid. Specifically, a baffle is a surface which is placed inside an open area to inhibit direct motion from one part to another, without preventing motion altogether.
Bafflenoun
An architectural feature designed to confuse enemies or make them vulnerable.
Bafflenoun
A lever for operating the throttle valve of a winding engine.
Baffleverb
To cause to undergo a disgraceful punishment, as a recreant knight.
Baffleverb
To check by shifts and turns; to elude; to foil.
Baffleverb
To check by perplexing; to disconcert, frustrate, or defeat; to thwart.
Baffleverb
To practice deceit.
Baffleverb
To struggle against in vain; as, a ship baffles with the winds.
Bafflenoun
A defeat by artifice, shifts, and turns; discomfiture.
Bafflenoun
A deflector, as a plate or wall, so arranged across a furnace or boiler flue as to mingle the hot gases and deflect them against the substance to be heated.
Bafflenoun
A lever for operating the throttle valve of a winding engine.
Bafflenoun
a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy
Baffleverb
be a mystery or bewildering to;
Baffleverb
hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of;
Baffleverb
check the emission of (sound)
Puzzlenoun
Anything that is difficult to understand or make sense of.
Puzzlenoun
A game for one or more people that is more or less difficult to work out or complete.
Puzzlenoun
A crossword puzzle.
Puzzlenoun
A jigsaw puzzle.
Puzzlenoun
A riddle.
Puzzlenoun
(archaic) Something made with marvellous skill; something of ingenious construction.
Puzzlenoun
The state of being puzzled; perplexity.
Puzzleverb
(transitive) To perplex (someone).
Puzzleverb
(intransitive) To think long and carefully, in bewilderment.
Puzzleverb
(transitive) To make intricate; to entangle.
Puzzlenoun
Something which perplexes or embarrasses; especially, a toy or a problem contrived for testing ingenuity; also, something exhibiting marvelous skill in making.
Puzzlenoun
The state of being puzzled; perplexity; as, to be in a puzzle.
Puzzleverb
To perplex; to confuse; to embarrass; to put to a stand; to nonplus.
Puzzleverb
To make intricate; to entangle.
Puzzleverb
To solve by ingenuity, as a puzzle; - followed by out; as, to puzzle out a mystery.
Puzzleverb
To be bewildered, or perplexed.
Puzzleverb
To work, as at a puzzle; as, to puzzle over a problem.
Puzzlenoun
a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution;
Puzzlenoun
a toy that tests your ingenuity
Puzzleverb
be a mystery or bewildering to;
Puzzleverb
be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide;
Puzzle
A puzzle is a game, problem, or toy that tests a person's ingenuity or knowledge. In a puzzle, the solver is expected to put pieces together in a logical way, in order to arrive at the correct or fun solution of the puzzle.
