Interesting
Interesting adjective - Holding the attention or provoking interest.
Puzzling and interesting are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Puzzling" instead an adjective "Interesting".
Puzzling
Puzzling adjective - Not clear to the understanding.
Interesting and puzzling are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Interesting" instead an adjective "Puzzling".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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In Terry Pratchett's Interesting Times, Rincewind is puzzling out the apologetic note before he gets hit over the head.
Source: Apologetic Attacker
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