Ambivalent vs Mixed - What's the difference?
ambivalent | mixed | Synonyms |
Simultaneously]] experiencing or expressing [[oppose, opposing or contradictory feelings, beliefs, or motivations.
Alternately having one opinion or feeling, and then the opposite.
(mix)
Having two or more separate aspects.
Not completely pure, tainted or adulterated.
Including both male(s) and female(s).
Stemming from two or more races or breeds
As adjectives the difference between ambivalent and mixed
is that ambivalent is simultaneously experiencing or expressing opposing or contradictory feelings, beliefs, or motivations while mixed is having two or more separate aspects.As a verb mixed is
past tense of mix.ambivalent
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Synonyms
* (simultaneously experiencing or expressing opposing feelings) conflicted, uncertain, undecided, unresolved * (alternately feeling opposing feelings) vacillating, fluctuating, waveringmixed
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- I get a very mixed feeling from this puzzling painting.
- My joy was somewhat mixed when my partner said she was pregnant: it's a lot of responsibility.
- The tennis match was mixed with a boy and a girl on each side.
- ''My son attends a mixed school, my daughter an all-girl grammar school.
- ''The benefit dog show has both mixed and single-breed competitions.
- ''Mixed blood can surprisingly produce inherited properties which neither parent showed