Conflated vs Convoluted - What's the difference?
conflated | convoluted |
(conflate)
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.
(biblical criticism) Combining elements from multiple versions of the same text.
* 1999 , Emanuel Tov, The Greek and Hebrew Bible: Collected Essays on the Septuagint :
(biblical criticism) A conflate text, one which conflates multiple version of a text together.
Having numerous overlapping coils or folds.
Complex, intricate or complicated.
As a verb conflated
is past tense of conflate.As an adjective convoluted is
having numerous overlapping coils or folds.conflated
English
Verb
(head)conflate
English
Verb
(conflat)Synonyms
* (to bring together) fuse, meld * (mix together) mix, blend, coalesce, commingle, flux, immix, mergeAdjective
(-)- Why the redactor created this conflate version, despite its inconsistencies, is a matter of conjecture.
Noun
(en noun)References
Anagrams
* ----convoluted
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Adjective
(en adjective)- He gave a convoluted explanation that amounted to little more than a weak excuse for his absence.