Advanced vs Complicate - What's the difference?
advanced | complicate |
(advance)
(senseid)At or close to the state of the art.
Enhanced.
Having moved forward in time or space (e.g. advanced ignition timing).
* Hawthorne
In a late stage of development; greatly developed beyond an initial stage.
(phonetics) Pronounced farther to the front of the vocal tract.
To fold or twist together; to combine intricately; to make complex; to combine or associate so as to make intricate or difficult.
to expose involvement in a convoluted matter.
(obsolete) Intertwined.
Complex, complicated.
* 1745 , Edward Young, Night-Thoughts , I:
As verbs the difference between advanced and complicate
is that advanced is (advance) while complicate is to fold or twist together; to combine intricately; to make complex; to combine or associate so as to make intricate or difficult.As adjectives the difference between advanced and complicate
is that advanced is (senseid)at or close to the state of the art while complicate is (obsolete) intertwined.advanced
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- a gentleman advanced in years, with a hard experience written in his wrinkles
Synonyms
* progressive, professional, sophisticatedDerived terms
* advanced degree * advanced greenSee also
* cutting edge * groundbreakingcomplicate
English
Verb
(complicat)- Don't complicate yourself in issues that are beyond the scope of your education.
- John has been complicated in the affair by new tapes that surfaced.
- The DA has made every effort to complicate me in the scandal.
Synonyms
* (expose involvement in a convoluted matter) intricate, entangle, embroil, mix up (in something), mireSee also
* complexAdjective
(en adjective)- How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, / How complicate , how wonderful, is Man!