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Conflate vs Conjoin - What's the difference?

conflate | conjoin |

As verbs the difference between conflate and conjoin

is that conflate is to bring (things) together and fuse (them) into a single entity while conjoin is to join together; to unite; to combine.

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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    conjoin

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To join together; to unite; to combine.
    • They are representatives that will loosely conjoin a nation.
  • To marry.
    • I will conjoin you in holy matrimony.
  • (grammar) To join as coordinate elements, often with a coordinating conjunction, such as coordinate clauses.
  • (mathematics) To combine two sets, conditions, or expressions by a logical AND; to intersect.
  • To unite, to join, to league.
  • *1843 , '', book 2, ch. XVI, ''St. Edmund
    • And the Body of one Dead; — a temple where the Hero-soul once was and now is not: Oh, all mystery, all pity, all mute awe and wonder; Supernaturalism brought home to the very dullest; Eternity laid open, and the nether Darkness and the upper Light-Kingdoms; — do conjoin there, or exist nowhere!

    Derived terms

    * conjoined twin * conjoiner * conjoint * conjointly

    Related terms

    * conjunction * conjunctiva * conjunctive

    External links

    * Conjoin @ The Internet Grammar of English