Sophisticated vs Complicate - What's the difference?
sophisticated | complicate |
Having obtained worldly experience, and lacking ; cosmopolitan.
Elegant, refined.
Complicated, especially of complex technology.
Appealing to the tastes of an intellectual; cerebral.
(obsolete, UK) Dishonest or misleading.
(sophisticate)
To fold or twist together; to combine intricately; to make complex; to combine or associate so as to make intricate or difficult.
to expose involvement in a convoluted matter.
(obsolete) Intertwined.
Complex, complicated.
* 1745 , Edward Young, Night-Thoughts , I:
As adjectives the difference between sophisticated and complicate
is that sophisticated is having obtained worldly experience, and lacking ; cosmopolitan while complicate is (obsolete) intertwined.As verbs the difference between sophisticated and complicate
is that sophisticated is (sophisticate) while complicate is to fold or twist together; to combine intricately; to make complex; to combine or associate so as to make intricate or difficult.sophisticated
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Antonyms
* (having obtained worldly experience) provincialSynonyms
* (having obtained worldly experience) worldlyVerb
(head)References
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: Tenth Edition 1997complicate
English
Verb
(complicat)- Don't complicate yourself in issues that are beyond the scope of your education.
- John has been complicated in the affair by new tapes that surfaced.
- The DA has made every effort to complicate me in the scandal.
Synonyms
* (expose involvement in a convoluted matter) intricate, entangle, embroil, mix up (in something), mireSee also
* complexAdjective
(en adjective)- How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, / How complicate , how wonderful, is Man!
