Confusion vs. Perplexity

Confusionnoun

A lack of clarity or order.

Confusionnoun

The state of being confused; misunderstanding.

Confusionnoun

(archaic) A state of shame or embarrassment.

Confusionnoun

The state of being mixed or blended so as to produce indistinctness or error; indistinct combination; disorder; tumult.

Confusionnoun

The state of being abashed or disconcerted; loss self-possession; perturbation; shame.

Confusionnoun

Overthrow; defeat; ruin.

Confusionnoun

One who confuses; a confounder.

Confusionnoun

disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably;

Confusionnoun

a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior;

Confusionnoun

a feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused

Confusionnoun

an act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended;

Confusionnoun

a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another;

Confusion

In medicine, confusion is the quality or state of being bewildered or unclear. The term is often used interchangeably with delirium in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems and the Medical Subject Headings publications to describe the pathology.

Perplexitynoun

The state or quality of being perplexed; puzzled or confused.

Perplexitynoun

Something that perplexes.

Perplexitynoun

A measurement in information theory: see Perplexity.

Perplexitynoun

The quality or state of being perplexed or puzzled; complication; intricacy; entanglement; distraction of mind through doubt or difficulty; embarrassment; bewilderment; doubt.

Perplexitynoun

trouble or confusion resulting from complexity

Perplexity

In information theory, perplexity is a measurement of how well a probability distribution or probability model predicts a sample. It may be used to compare probability models.