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Complicated vs Entangled - What's the difference?

complicated | entangled |

As adjectives the difference between complicated and entangled

is that complicated is difficult or convoluted while entangled is tangled or twisted together.

As verbs the difference between complicated and entangled

is that complicated is (complicate) while entangled is (entangle).

complicated

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Difficult or convoluted.
    • 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.
  • (Biology) Folded longitudinally (as in the wings of certain insects).

    • Antonyms

    * simple

    Verb

    (head)
  • (complicate)
    • The process of fixing the car engine was complicated by the lack of tools.

    entangled

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (entangle)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • tangled or twisted together
  • confused or complicated
  • (physics) (of two quantum states'') correlated, even though physically separated; (''referring to a state of a composite system ) not separable

    • See also

    * quantum entanglement