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Composite vs Complicit - What's the difference?

composite | complicit |

As adjectives the difference between composite and complicit

is that composite is made up of multiple components; compound or complex while complicit is associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature.

As a noun composite

is a mixture of different components.

As a verb composite

is to make a composite.

composite

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Made up of multiple components; compound or complex.
  • (architecture) Being a mixture of Ionic and Corinthian styles.
  • (mathematics) Not prime; having factors.
  • (botany) Being a member of the Asteraceae family (formerly known as Compositae), bearing involucrate heads of many small florets.
  • Derived terms

    * composite bow * composite sketch

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A mixture of different components.
  • A structural material that gains its strength from a combination of complementary materials.
  • (botany) A plant belonging to the family Compositae .
  • (mathematics) A function of a function.
  • (chiefly, law enforcement) A drawing, photograph, or the like, that combines several separate pictures or images.
  • Derived terms

    * DYC

    Verb

    (composit)
  • To make a composite.
  • I composited an image using computer software.

    complicit

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature.
  • * 1861 , Henry M. Wheeler, The Slaves' Champion , p. 203,
  • It [slavery] has set the seal of a complicit , guilty silence upon the most orthodox pulpits and the saintliest tongues,
  • * 1973 , , As If by Magic , Secker and Warburg, p. 177:
  • "I confess," and the Englishman turned with a near complicit grin to Hamo, "I have certain vulgar tastes myself."
  • * 2005 , Larry Dennsion, " Letters," Time , 7 March:
  • Khan's sale of nuclear secrets and a complicit Pakistani government have made the world a ticking time bomb.

    Synonyms

    * complicitous

    Derived terms

    * complicitly

    References

    * * Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989.