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Wierd vs Complex - What's the difference?

wierd | complex |

As adjectives the difference between wierd and complex

is that wierd is misspelling of weird while complex is made up of multiple parts; composite; not simple.

As a noun complex is

a problem.

As a verb complex is

to form a complex with another substance.

wierd

English

Adjective

(head)
  • * 1929 December, , Volume 19, Number 12, Boy Scouts of America, page 61:
  • The effect is very wierd and startling, especially when viewed after dark.
  • * 2002 , Edward F. Little, A Future Metaphysics (page 72)
  • With all of these things you can do some pretty wierd things to your original triangle.
  • * 2005 , John K. Gilbert, Constructing worlds through science education (page 63)
  • The components of imagined worlds, no matter how wierd and unfamiliar these may be, are often based on familiar components...
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    complex

    Adjective

    (complex number) (en adjective)
  • Made up of multiple parts; composite; not simple.
  • a complex''' being; a '''complex idea
  • * John Locke
  • Ideas thus made up of several simple ones put together, I call complex ; such as beauty, gratitude, a man, an army, the universe.
  • Not simple, easy, or straightforward; complicated.
  • * Whewell
  • When the actual motions of the heavens are calculated in the best possible way, the process is difficult and complex .
  • (mathematics) Of a number, of the form a + bi'', where ''a'' and ''b'' are real numbers and ''i is a square root of −1.
  • complex function
  • (geometry) A curve, polygon or other figure that crosses or intersects itself.
  • Synonyms

    * (not simple) complicated, detailed, difficult, hard, intricate, involved, tough

    Antonyms

    * (not simple) basic, easy, simple, straightforward

    Derived terms

    * complexity * complexness

    Noun

  • A problem.
  • A collection of buildings with a common purpose, such as a university or military base.
  • Assemblage of related things; collection.
  • * South
  • This parable of the wedding supper comprehends in it the whole complex of all the blessings and privileges exhibited by the gospel.
  • A psychological dislike or fear of a particular thing.
  • An organized cluster of thunderstorms.
  • (chemistry) A structure consisting of a central atom or molecule weakly connected to surrounding atoms or molecules.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=September-October, author= Katie L. Burke
  • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= In the News , passage=Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis:

    Derived terms

    * military-entertainment complex * military-industrial complex * Oedipus complex * prison-industrial complex * vitamin B complex * protein complex * chelate complex

    Verb

    (es)
  • (chemistry) To form a complex with another substance