makes me confused vs confuses me

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Makes me confused' is used when something causes confusion in a person, while 'confuses me' is used to describe the action of causing confusion. They are not interchangeable as they convey different meanings.

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makes me confused

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to express that something causes confusion in a person.

This phrase is used to indicate that something is the cause of confusion in a person. It highlights the effect of an external factor on the individual's state of confusion.

Examples:

The complex instructions make me confused.
Her explanation makes me confused.
The conflicting information makes me confused.
The loud noise makes me confused.
The lack of clarity in the report makes me confused.

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Hearing my mom talk about how hurt she is and how angry she is, really makes me confused about what Carly's role should be in this wedding because I want her to be included and I want her to feel comfortable
What makes me confused?
It makes me confused sometimes.
What makes me confused?
(Irene) These things make me confused, I always make a mess.
All that medication does is make me more confused - and sick to my stomach.
I've got a very confused background which perhaps makes me appropriate for confused times.
Why did you have to call yourself a fan and make me feel so confused?
Because it makes me feel happy and confused and wistful and sad.
The impact with this method makes me think a lot and also makes me a bit confused, not because the method is not effective and ingenious, but because one needs to revolutionize one's posture, change it radically.
The sugar will make her confused and docile.
Yet the very idea of him makes you confused and afraid.
This is what makes you confused!
The aim, in fact, is to harmonise European food legislation through regulations that will make information to consumers transparent, thereby preventing a situation in which they are led to make confused choices or choices that may even be harmful for their health.
Or is it just you who makes people feel confused.
Moving him'll only make him more confused.
They don't because their lives are irrelevantly and annoyingly complicated, which makes them confused, which makes them make poor decisions.
If not, is it fun to make people confused?
It is a straightforward blockage of trade, which will not diminish the so-called grey markets but will make them more confused and complex.
Or zigzag around and make 'em confused?

Alternatives:

causes confusion for me
leaves me puzzled
results in my confusion
leads to my bewilderment
brings about my perplexity

confuses me

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to describe the action of causing confusion.

This phrase is used to indicate that something or someone is actively causing confusion in a person. It focuses on the action of creating a state of confusion.

Examples:

The math problem confuses me.
His behavior confuses me.
The new software confuses me.
The sudden change in plans confuses me.
The complex plot of the movie confuses me.

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Your love for him concerns and confuses me.
And something sort of confuses me.
What confuses me is the method of death.
See here's what confuses me.
It just confuses me.
Sometimes it confuses me, I can't tell if you are joking,
Teddy-she triggers me, she confuses me.
You know, one thing confuses me, though.
It confuses me if you change suddenly
But Alex said you didn't like her music and that's the part that confuses me because she's fire.
a happy anxiety that confuses me and perhaps
~ What confuses me though, Mother, if I'm being...
Well, that confuses me because I talk to all my patients like I'm their father.
See, your past confuses me the same way mine does yours.
This is the time of miracles, that confuses me
People eat a lot of feta and olive oil and they act all happy, but they actually talk about how angry they are and it confuses me.
See, that's... that's what confuses me about women.
It confuses me, frightens me.
Teddy-she triggers me, she confuses me.
That one still confuses me.

Alternatives:

makes me puzzled
leaves me bewildered
results in my perplexity
causes my confusion
brings about my bewilderment

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