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Sinuous vs Implicate - What's the difference?

sinuous | implicate |

As an adjective sinuous

is having curves in alternate directions; meandering.

As a verb implicate is

to connect or involve in an unfavorable or criminal way with something.

sinuous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having curves in alternate directions; meandering.
  • :We followed every bend of the sinuous river.
  • Moving gracefully and supplely.
  • :We were entranced by her sinuous dance.
  • Synonyms

    * (having curves) (l), (l), (l) * (moving gracefully) (l)

    Antonyms

    * (having curves) (l), (l) * (moving gracefully) (l), (l)

    implicate

    English

    Verb

    (implicat)
  • To connect or involve in an unfavorable or criminal way with something.
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  • , title= A punch in the gut , passage=Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.}}
  • To imply, to have as a necessary consequence or accompaniment.
  • (archaic) To fold or twist together, intertwine, interlace, entangle, entwine.
  • See also

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