Avoid and Confuse

Avoid

Avoid verb - To get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery.

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Confuse and avoid are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Confuse" instead a verb "Avoid".

Confuse verb - To throw into a state of mental uncertainty.

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Avoid and confuse are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Avoid" instead a verb "Confuse".

Nearby Words: confusion, confusing, conflation

work	avoid work	confuse work
people	avoid people	confuse people
issue	avoid issue	confuse issue
time	avoid time	confuse time
Other words: police, anyone, humans, enemies.

He publicly lives in squalor to avoid suspicion and because it amuses him to confuse people.

Source: Literature / Midnight Tides
The dev team was afraid the audience would confuse the mushrooms for something hostile and avoid them.

Source: Player Nudge
Not to confuse with the Mechon with the same name (who was renamed as Metal Face for international release to avoid this trope) from Xenoblade.

Source: Blackface

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