corner vs perplexity

corner

noun
  • An embarrassing situation; a difficulty. 

  • An edge or extremity; the part farthest from the center; hence, any quarter or part, or the direction in which it lies. 

  • A secret or secluded place; a remote or out of the way place; a nook. 

  • A cornerback. 

  • A place where people meet for a particular purpose. 

  • One of the four vertices of the strike zone. 

  • The group of people who assist a boxer during a bout. 

  • The projection into space of an angle in a solid object. 

  • The space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point. 

  • An intersection of two streets; any of the four outer points off the street at that intersection. 

  • The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal. 

  • The corner of the ring, which is where the boxer rests before and during a fight. 

  • A corner kick. 

  • First base or third base. 

  • Denoting a premises that is in a convenient local location, notionally, but not necessarily literally, on the corner of two streets. 

  • A sufficient interest in a salable security or commodity to allow the cornering party to influence prices. 

verb
  • To drive (someone or something) into a corner or other confined space. 

  • To put (someone) in an awkward situation. 

  • To get sufficient command of (a stock, commodity, etc.), so as to be able to manipulate its price. 

  • To handle while moving around a corner in a road or otherwise turning. 

  • To supply with corners. 

  • To turn a corner or drive around a curve. 

  • To trap in a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment. 

perplexity

noun
  • Something that perplexes. 

  • The state or quality of being perplexed; puzzled or confused. 

  • In information theory, a measurement of how well a probability distribution or model predicts a sample. 

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