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1. • • Conflate originally meant “to fuse or blend,” but it has more recently also been used with the meaning “to confuse.” Conflate and equate look and sound similar, and they appear in the same kinds of contexts, which makes them ripe for confusion.
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   Jun 12, 2021 · confuse (v.) If you confuse two things, you get them mixed up, so that you think one of them is the other one. I always confuse my left with my right. Collins. To mix up in the mind, to fail to distinguish, erroneously regard as identical, mistake one for another.

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   Conflate is a more formal way to say "mix together," and it's typically used for texts or ideas. You probably wouldn't say you conflated the ingredients for a cake, but if you blended two different stories together to make a new one, conflate would work.

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   When two or more things are conflated, they are figuratively “blown together” either by someone’s confusion or ingenuity. Other descendants of flare in English include flavor, inflate, and, well, flatulent.

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   It's not impossible to conflate and equate the same two things, but the words have distinct meanings. You equate things you believe to be the same, and conflate things you confuse for each other. To equate two things means 'to treat them as equal.'

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   Oct 29, 2023 · "Conflate" means to merge two distinct concepts into one; "Confuse" means to mistake one thing for another or to lack clarity.

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   If you confuse two things, you get them mixed up, so that you think one of them is the other one. I always confuse my left with my right. Synonyms: mix up with , take for , mistake for , muddle with More Synonyms of confuse

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   What does it mean if you confuse two things?

   • confuse (v.) If you confuse two things, you get them mixed up, so that you think one of them is the other one. I always confuse my left with my right. Collins To mix up in the mind, to fail to distinguish, erroneously regard as identical, mistake one for another. 1862 J. Ruskin Munera Pulveris (1880) 29 We in reality confuse wealth with money.

   What's the word for confusing *two* things for one another?

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   What does it mean to confuse someone?

   • To confuse someone means to make it difficult for them to know exactly what is happening or what to do. My words surprised and confused him. To confuse a situation means to make it complicated or difficult to understand. To further confuse the issue, there is an enormous variation in the amount of sleep people feel happy with.

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   What does it mean to confuse a situation?

   • To confuse a situation means to make it complicated or difficult to understand. To further confuse the issue, there is an enormous variation in the amount of sleep people feel happy with. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. 2. a. b. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition.

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   What is the difference between 'conflate' and 'confusion'?

   • Although 'conflate' is defined as 'confuse', it has a secondary meaning of 'to bring together, to fuse'. 'Conflate' does not necessarily have a negative connotation, but the second meaning of 'confusion' does (i.e. that you are unintentionally merging things that should not be merged).

   What is the word that means a person has confused two terms with one

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   What does 'got them confused/mixed up' mean?

   • Colloquially, 'got them confused/mixed up' are common. To confuse, to muddle (up), to mix up or (my preference) mistake (a person or thing) for (some other person or thing) to suppose erroneously the former to be the latter; to identify wrongly as (OED) You haue mistooke (my Lady) Polixenes for Leontes.

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9. english.stackexchange.com › questions › 134430What is the word that means a person has confused two terms ...

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   Nov 5, 2013 · Even though 'conflate' is defined as 'confuse' it has a secondary meaning of 'to bring together, to fuse'. The first meaning doesn't have a negative connotation, but the the second meaning of 'confusion' does (i.e. that you are conflating in error things that should not be conflated).