Confusing vs Complex - What's the difference?
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Confusing is a related term of complex. As adjectives the difference between confusing and complex is that confusing is difficult to understand; not clear as lacking order, chaotic etc while complex is made up of multiple parts; composite; not simple. As verbs the difference between confusing and complex is that confusing is while complex is (chemistry|intransitive) to form a complex with another substance. As a noun complex is a problem.
confusing English
Adjective
( en adjective)
difficult to understand; not clear as lacking order, chaotic etc
- Several sections in that book are really confusing .
Related terms
* confuse
* confused
* confusion
Verb
(head)
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complex Adjective
( complex number)
( en adjective)
Made up of multiple parts; composite; not simple.
- a complex''' being; a '''complex idea
* John Locke
- Ideas thus made up of several simple ones put together, I call complex ; such as beauty, gratitude, a man, an army, the universe.
Not simple, easy, or straightforward; complicated.
* Whewell
- When the actual motions of the heavens are calculated in the best possible way, the process is difficult and complex .
(mathematics) Of a number, of the form a + bi'', where ''a'' and ''b'' are real numbers and ''i is a square root of −1.
- complex function
(geometry) A curve, polygon or other figure that crosses or intersects itself.
Synonyms
* (not simple) complicated, detailed, difficult, hard, intricate, involved, tough
Antonyms
* (not simple) basic, easy, simple, straightforward
Derived terms
* complexity
* complexness
Related terms
* complexion
* (mathematics) symplectic
Noun
A problem.
A collection of buildings with a common purpose, such as a university or military base.
Assemblage of related things; collection.
* South
- This parable of the wedding supper comprehends in it the whole complex of all the blessings and privileges exhibited by the gospel.
A psychological dislike or fear of a particular thing.
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An organized cluster of thunderstorms.
(chemistry) A structure consisting of a central atom or molecule weakly connected to surrounding atoms or molecules.
* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=September-October, author= Katie L. Burke
, magazine=( American Scientist), title= 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 complex
Verb
(es)
(chemistry) To form a complex with another substance
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