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Inflated vs Conflated - What's the difference?

inflated | conflated |

As verbs the difference between inflated and conflated

is that inflated is (inflate) while conflated is (conflate).

As an adjective inflated

is filled with air or fluid.

inflated

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Filled with air or fluid
    • The inflated balloons danced in the breeze.
  • Expanded; in a state of inflation, of abnormally increased size, amount, etc.
    • His inflated belly looked uncomfortable.
  • (economics): In a state of higher cost.
    • His inflated prices made the vendor unpopular.
  • (figuratively) Pompous; arrogant (of a person or ego )
  • (figuratively) Containing excessive, meaningless words, particularly for show
    • The inflated speech did not impress the audience.
  • Higher that the true figure
    • inflated incidence figures

    Synonyms

    * bloated * bulging * expanded * filled * swelled * swollen * tumid * turgid (containing excessive words) * bloated * bombastic * pompous

    Antonyms

    * deflated

    Derived terms

    * hyperinflated * overinflated * underinflated

    Verb

    (head)
  • (inflate)

    • conflated

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (conflate)

    • 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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