Conflate vs. Confound
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.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 wellConfoundverb
(dated) To damn (a mild oath).
Confound you!Confound the lady!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 teacherConfoundverb
mistake one thing for another;
you are confusing me with the other candidateI mistook her for the secretary
