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Conflate vs Juxtapose - What's the difference?

conflate | juxtapose |

As verbs the difference between conflate and juxtapose

is that conflate is to bring (things) together and fuse (them) into a single entity while juxtapose is to place side by side, especially for contrast or comparison.

As an adjective conflate

is combining elements from multiple versions of the same text.

As a noun conflate

is a conflate text, one which conflates multiple version of a text together.

conflate

English

Verb

(conflat)
  • To bring (things) together and fuse (them) into a single entity.
  • To mix together different elements.
  • To fail to properly distinguish or keep separate (things); to treat (them) as equivalent.

    • Synonyms

    * (to bring together) fuse, meld * (mix together) mix, blend, coalesce, commingle, flux, immix, merge

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (biblical criticism) Combining elements from multiple versions of the same text.
  • * 1999 , Emanuel Tov, The Greek and Hebrew Bible: Collected Essays on the Septuagint :
    • Why the redactor created this conflate version, despite its inconsistencies, is a matter of conjecture.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biblical criticism) A conflate text, one which conflates multiple version of a text together.

    • References

    Anagrams

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    juxtapose

    English

    Verb

    (juxtapos)
  • To place side by side, especially for contrast or comparison.
  • * 2006 , Scarnati, Chris, "We should follow New Jersey's lead on this one", YourCranberry :
    • "In juxtaposing the youth athletes of our grandparents' generation with those of the modern era, we're essentially comparing ."

    Related terms

    * juxtaposition ----