Conflate vs Convolute - What's the difference?
conflate | convolute |
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.
To make unnecessarily complex.
To fold or coil into numerous overlapping layers.
(botany, of a leaf) coiled such that one edge is inside, and one outside the coil, giving a spiral effect in cross section. (A special case of imbricate)
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As verbs the difference between conflate and convolute
is that conflate is to bring (things) together and fuse (them) into a single entity while convolute is to make unnecessarily complex.As adjectives the difference between conflate and convolute
is that conflate is combining elements from multiple versions of the same text while convolute is coiled such that one edge is inside, and one outside the coil, giving a spiral effect in cross section. (A special case of imbricate.As a noun conflate
is a conflate text, one which conflates multiple version of a text together.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.