Byzantine vs Labyrinthine - What's the difference?
byzantine | labyrinthine |
Overly complex or intricate.
Of or pertaining to Byzantium.
of a devious, usually stealthy manner, of practice.
(rare) A native of Byzantium (modern-day Istanbul)
(history) Belonging to the civilization of the Eastern Roman empire between 331, when its capital was moved to Constantinople, and 1453, when that capital was conquered by the Turks and ultimately renamed Istanbul.
(coin)
Physically resembling a labyrinth; with the qualities of a maze.
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* 2011 , Lincoln Child, Deep Storm , page 185
Twisting, convoluted, baffling, confusing, perplexing.
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* 2000 , Joseph J. Ellis, Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation , page 51
* 2005 , Michael W. Riley, "Plato's Cratylus: Argument, form, and structure", page 103
As adjectives the difference between byzantine and labyrinthine
is that byzantine is overly complex or intricate while labyrinthine is physically resembling a labyrinth; with the qualities of a maze.As a noun Byzantine
is a native of Byzantium (modern-day Istanbul.byzantine
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Alternative forms
* byzantineAdjective
(en adjective)- a Byzantine system of regulations
Noun
(en noun)labyrinthine
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Adjective
(en adjective)- In the pyloric canal, muscular ridges are more fixed than elsewhere and produce quite a labyrinthine surface.
- Crane trotted along the labyrinthine corridors of deck 3, accompanied by a young marine with close-cropped blond hair.
- Any attempt to answer that question would carry us into the labyrinthine corridors of Jefferson's famously elusive mind.
- By coupling "essence" with "name" within a series of contraposed pairs of names, Socrates indicates the point to which he thinks his labyrinthine argument has led so far in the Cratylus .