Elaborated vs Complicated - What's the difference?
elaborated | complicated |
Difficult or convoluted.
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(Biology) Folded longitudinally (as in the wings of certain insects).
(complicate)
As adjectives the difference between elaborated and complicated
is that elaborated is (rhetoric) expanded while complicated is difficult or convoluted.As verbs the difference between elaborated and complicated
is that elaborated is (elaborate) while complicated is (complicate).complicated
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- It seems this complicated situation will not blow over soon.
- Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. […] Frills, ruffles, flounces, lace, complicated seams and gores: not only did they sweep the ground and have to be held up in one hand elegantly as you walked along, but they had little capes or coats or feather boas.
Antonyms
* simpleVerb
(head)- The process of fixing the car engine was complicated by the lack of tools.