Difference between Perplexed and Mixed-up

Perplexed

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Confused or puzzled. Bewildered.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To cause to feel baffled; to puzzle.

Example sentence: I was completely with the reality TV boom for a while. I really liked a lot of the reality TV, and the one that lost me was the ballroom dancing one they do, 'Dancing with the Stars.' That was the one where I watched it and I was perplexed. I thought it was really boring.

Mixed-up

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Mixed together in an uncertain mannerConfused, muddled or bewildered