Complicate vs Inextricable - What's the difference?
complicate | inextricable |
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:
(of a knot etc) impossible to untie or disentangle
(of a problem) impossible to solve
(of a maze etc) impossible to escape from
As adjectives the difference between complicate and inextricable
is that complicate is (obsolete) intertwined while inextricable is (of a knot etc) impossible to untie or disentangle.As a verb complicate
is to fold or twist together; to combine intricately; to make complex; to combine or associate so as to make intricate or difficult.complicate
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!