What is the meaning of confounding?

Be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly.
- usage: "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher"
- synonyms: confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
Mistake one thing for another.
- usage: "you are confusing me with the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary"
- synonyms: confuse, confound

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