CONFUSE

[verb] [T] - to mix up (someone's mind or ideas), or to make (something) difficult to understand You're confusing him! Tell him slowly and one thing at a time.You're confusing the issue (= making the problem unnecessarily difficult)! [T]If someone confuses two separate things or confuses one thing with another they mix them up mentally, imagining that they are one.It's easy to confuse his films because he always uses the same actors.You're confusing me with my sister - it was her who was sick on your sofa.