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Unknown vs Unsophisticated - What's the difference?

unknown | unsophisticated |

As adjectives the difference between unknown and unsophisticated

is that unknown is not known; unidentified; not well known while unsophisticated is not sophisticated; lacking sophistication.

As a noun unknown

is (algebra) a variable (usually x'', ''y'' or ''z ) whose value is to be found.

unknown

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Not known; unidentified; not well known.
  • *
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    Synonyms

    * anonymous * unfamiliar * uncharted * undiscovered * unexplored * unidentified * unnamed * unrecognized * unrevealed * unascertained * obscure * unsung

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (algebra) A variable (usually x'', ''y'' or ''z ) whose value is to be found.
  • Any fact or place about which nothing is known (as in the phrase "into the unknown").
  • A person of no identity; a nonentity
  • * 1965 , (Bob Dylan), (Like a Rolling Stone)
    • How does it feel
    To be on your own
    With no direction home
    Like a complete unknown
    Like a rolling stone?

    unsophisticated

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not sophisticated; lacking sophistication.

    • Synonyms

    * See also