What is the difference between complex and compound?
complex | compound |
Made up of multiple parts; composite; not simple.
* John Locke
Not simple, easy, or straightforward; complicated.
* Whewell
(mathematics) Of a number, of the form a + bi'', where ''a'' and ''b'' are real numbers and ''i is a square root of −1.
(geometry) A curve, polygon or other figure that crosses or intersects itself.
A problem.
A collection of buildings with a common purpose, such as a university or military base.
Assemblage of related things; collection.
* South
A psychological dislike or fear of a particular thing.
An organized cluster of thunderstorms.
(chemistry) A structure consisting of a central atom or molecule weakly connected to surrounding atoms or molecules.
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an enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined
a group of buildings situated close together, e.g. for a school or block of offices
composed of elements; not simple
* I. Watts
(music) An octave higher than originally (i.e. a compound major second is equivalent to a major ninth).
Anything made by combining several things.
(chemistry, dated) A substance made from any combination elements.
(chemistry) A substance formed by chemical union of two or more ingredients in definite proportions by weight.
(linguistics) A lexeme that consists of more than one stem; compound word; for example (laptop), formed from (lap) and (top).
To form (a resulting mixture) by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts.
* Sir Walter Scott
To assemble (ingredients) into a whole; to combine, mix, or unite.
* Addison
To modify or change by combination with some other thing or part; to mingle with something else.
* Shakespeare
(legal) To settle by agreeing on less than the claim, or on different terms than those stipulated.
To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement; to compromise.
* Shakespeare
To come to terms of agreement; to agree; to settle by a compromise; usually followed by with'' before the person participating, and ''for before the thing compounded or the consideration.
* Shakespeare
* Clarendon
* R. Carew
* Hudibras
(obsolete) To compose; to constitute.
* Shakespeare
To worsen a situation or thing state
* New Family Structure Study
Compound is a antonym of complex.
In chemistry terms the difference between complex and compound
is that complex is a structure consisting of a central atom or molecule weakly connected to surrounding atoms or molecules while compound is a substance formed by chemical union of two or more ingredients in definite proportions by weight.As adjectives the difference between complex and compound
is that complex is made up of multiple parts; composite; not simple while compound is composed of elements; not simple.As nouns the difference between complex and compound
is that complex is a problem while compound is an enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined.As verbs the difference between complex and compound
is that complex is to form a complex with another substance while compound is to form (a resulting mixture) by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts.complex
English
(wikipedia complex)Adjective
(complex number) (en adjective)- a complex''' being; a '''complex idea
- Ideas thus made up of several simple ones put together, I call complex ; such as beauty, gratitude, a man, an army, the universe.
- When the actual motions of the heavens are calculated in the best possible way, the process is difficult and complex .
- complex function
Synonyms
* (not simple) complicated, detailed, difficult, hard, intricate, involved, toughAntonyms
* (not simple) basic, easy, simple, straightforwardDerived terms
* complexity * complexnessNoun
- This parable of the wedding supper comprehends in it the whole complex of all the blessings and privileges exhibited by the gospel.
Katie L. Burke
In the News, passage=Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis:
Derived terms
* military-entertainment complex * military-industrial complex * Oedipus complex * prison-industrial complex * vitamin B complex * protein complex * chelate complexVerb
(es)External links
* * English heteronyms ----compound
English
(wikipedia compound)Etymology 1
Possibly from (etyl) kampong, .Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* gaol/jail, pen, pound, prisonEtymology 2
From (etyl) compounen, from (etyl) componre, .Adjective
(-)- a compound word
- Compound substances are made up of two or more simple substances.
Synonyms
* (composed of elements) compositeAntonyms
* (composed of elements) simpleDerived terms
* compound chocolate * compound interestNoun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (anything made by combining several things) amalgam, blend, combination, composite, mix, mixture * (word) compound wordHyponyms
* (word) closed compound * (word) hyphenated compound * (word) open compoundVerb
(en verb)- to compound a medicine
- incapacitating him from successfully compounding a tale of this sort
- We have the power of altering and compounding those images into all the varieties of picture.
- Only compound me with forgotten dust.
- to compound a debt
- I pray, my lords, let me compound this strife.
- Here's a fellow will help you to-morrow; compound with him by the year.
- They were at last glad to compound for his bare commitment to the Tower.
- Cornwall compounded to furnish ten oxen after Michaelmas for thirty pounds.
- Compound for sins they are inclined to / By damning those they have no mind to.
- his pomp and all what state compounds
- This problem is compounded when these studies compare data from the small convenience samples of gay parenting with data on heterosexual parenting