Conflate vs. Confound

Conflate vs. Confound — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Conflate and Confound

Conflateverb

To bring (things) together and fuse (them) into a single entity.

Confoundverb

To confuse; to mix up; to puzzle.

Conflateverb

To mix together different elements.

Confoundverb

To fail to see the difference; to mix up; to confuse right and wrong.

Conflateverb

(by extension) To fail to properly distinguish or keep separate (things); to mistakenly treat (them) as equivalent.

“Bacon was Lord Chancellor of England and the first European to experiment with gunpowder.” — “No, you are conflating Francis Bacon and Roger Bacon.”

Confoundverb

To make something worse.

Don't confound the situation by yelling.
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Conflateadjective

(biblical criticism) Combining elements from multiple versions of the same text.

Confoundverb

To cause to be ashamed; to abash.

His actions confounded the skeptics.

Conflatenoun

(biblical criticism) A conflate text, one which conflates multiple version of a text together.

Confoundverb

To defeat, to frustrate, to thwart.

Conflateverb

mix together different elements;

The colors blend well

Confoundverb

(dated) To damn (a mild oath).

Confound you!Confound the lady!
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Confoundverb

(archaic) To bring to ruination.

Confoundverb

To stun, amaze

Confoundnoun

(statistics) a confounding variable

Confoundverb

be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly;

These questions confuse even the expertsThis question completely threw meThis question befuddled even the teacher

Confoundverb

mistake one thing for another;

you are confusing me with the other candidateI mistook her for the secretary