The difference between Poser and Puzzle
When used as nouns, poser means a particularly difficult question or puzzle, whereas puzzle means anything that is difficult to understand or make sense of.
Puzzle is also verb with the meaning: to perplex (someone).
check bellow for the other definitions of Poser and Puzzle
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Poser as a noun (British):
A particularly difficult question or puzzle.
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Poser as a noun:
Someone who asks a question or sets a problem.
Examples:
"Even as a child, she was a habitual poser of difficult questions."
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Poser as a noun:
Someone who, or something which, poses; a person who sets their body in a fixed position, such as for photography or painting.
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Poser as a noun (pejorative, slang):
A poseur; someone who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others.
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Puzzle as a noun:
Anything that is difficult to understand or make sense of.
Examples:
"Where he went after he left the house is a puzzle."
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Puzzle as a noun:
A game for one or more people that is more or less difficult to work out or complete.
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Puzzle as a noun:
A crossword puzzle.
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Puzzle as a noun:
A jigsaw puzzle.
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Puzzle as a noun:
A riddle.
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Puzzle as a noun (archaic):
Something made with marvellous skill; something of ingenious construction.
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Puzzle as a noun:
The state of being puzzled; perplexity.
Examples:
"to be in a puzzle"
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Puzzle as a verb (transitive):
To perplex (someone).
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Puzzle as a verb (intransitive):
To think long and carefully, in bewilderment.
Examples:
"We puzzled over the curious-shaped lock, but were unable to discover how the key should be inserted."
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Puzzle as a verb (transitive):
To make intricate; to entangle.