Conflate vs Liken - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between conflate and liken

is that conflate is to bring (things) together and fuse (them) into a single entity while liken is to compare; to state that (something) is like (something else).

As an adjective conflate

is (biblical criticism) combining elements from multiple versions of the same text.

As a noun conflate

is (biblical criticism) 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.

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liken

English

Verb

(en verb)

To compare; to state that (something) is like (something else).

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-21, author= Chico Harlan

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