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Basic vs. Complex — What's the Difference?

Basic vs. Complex — What's the Difference?

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Basic

A widely used programming language that is designed to be easy to learn.

Complex

Consisting of interconnected or interwoven parts; composite
Complex equipment with multiple components.

Basic

An essential, fundamental element or entity
The basics of math.

Complex

Composed of two or more units
A complex carbohydrate.

Basic

Basic training.
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Complex

Difficult to understand for being intricate or involved; complicated
A complex problem.

Basic

Of, relating to, or forming a base; fundamental
“Basic changes in public opinion often occur because of shifts in concerns and priorities” (Atlantic).

Complex

Consisting of at least one bound form. Used of a word.

Basic

Of, being, or serving as a starting point or basis
A basic course in Russian.
A set of basic woodworking tools.

Complex

Consisting of an independent clause and at least one other independent or dependent clause. Used of a sentence.

Basic

Of or relating to a base.

Complex

A whole composed of interconnected or interwoven parts
A complex of cities and suburbs.
The military-industrial complex.

Basic

Containing a base, especially in excess of acid.

Complex

A building or group of buildings used for a single purpose
A sports complex.

Basic

Alkaline.

Complex

In psychoanalysis, a group of related, often repressed ideas and impulses that compel characteristic or habitual patterns of thought, feelings, and behavior.

Basic

(Geology) Containing little silica, as certain igneous rocks.

Complex

An exaggerated or obsessive concern or fear
Has a complex about his weight.

Basic

(Slang) Unthinkingly or blandly conformist
“Even someone who looks really indie … can be basic if they are simply imitating others rather than thinking for themselves” (Chelsea Rickling).

Complex

(Medicine) The combination of factors, symptoms, or signs of a disease or disorder that forms a syndrome.

Basic

Necessary, essential for life or some process.
Flour is a basic ingredient of bread.

Complex

Made up of multiple parts; composite; not simple.
A complex being; a complex idea

Basic

Elementary, simple, fundamental, merely functional.
The Hotel Sparta’s accommodation is very basic.

Complex

Not simple, easy, or straightforward; complicated.

Basic

(chemistry) Of or pertaining to a base; having a pH greater than 7.

Complex

Having the form a + bi, where a and b are real numbers and i is (by definition) the imaginary square root of −1.
Complex number
Function of a complex variable

Basic

(slang) Unremarkable or uninteresting; boring; uncool.

Complex

Whose range is a subset of the complex numbers.
Complex function

Basic

A necessary commodity, a staple requirement.
Rice is a basic for many Asian villagers.

Complex

Whose coefficients are complex numbers; defined over the field of complex numbers.
Complex polynomial
Complex algebraic variety

Basic

An elementary building block, e.g. a fundamental piece of knowledge.
Arithmetic is a basic for the study of mathematics.
I know the basics of sailing and would love to learn more.

Complex

(geometry) A curve, polygon or other figure that crosses or intersects itself.

Basic

(military) Basic training.
The drill sergeants gave him hell in basic.

Complex

A problem. en

Basic

Relating to a base; performing the office of a base in a salt.

Complex

A network of interconnected systems.
Military-industrial complex

Basic

Said of crystalline rocks which contain a relatively low percentage of silica, as basalt.

Complex

A collection of buildings with a common purpose, such as a university or military base.

Basic

An artificial computer language with a relatively simplified instruction set.

Complex

An assemblage of related things; a collection.

Basic

A popular programming language that is relatively easy to learn; an acronym for beginner's all-purpose symbolic instruction code; no longer in general use

Complex

An organized cluster of thunderstorms.

Basic

(usually plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant

Complex

A cluster of wildfires burning in the same vicinity.
The fire complex began as two separate fires.

Basic

Pertaining to or constituting a base or basis;
A basic fact
The basic ingredients
Basic changes in public opinion occur because of changes in priorities

Complex

(taxonomy) A group of closely related species, often distinguished only with difficulty by traditional morphological methods.

Basic

Reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality;
A basic story line
A canonical syllable pattern

Complex

(psychoanalysis) An abnormal mental condition caused by repressed emotions.

Basic

Of primary importance;
Basic truths

Complex

A vehement, often excessive psychological dislike or fear of a particular thing.
Jim has a real complex about working for a woman boss.

Basic

Serving as a base or starting point;
A basic course in Russian
Basic training for raw recruits
A set of basic tools
An introductory art course

Complex

(chemistry) A structure consisting of a central atom or molecule weakly connected to surrounding atoms or molecules, as for example coordination complexes in inorganic chemistry and protein complexes in biochemistry.

Basic

Of or denoting or of the nature of or containing a base

Complex

(math) A complex number.

Complex

(linguistics) A multimorphemic word, one with several parts, one with affixes.

Complex

To form a complex with another substance

Complex

(transitive) To complicate.

Complex

Composed of two or more parts; composite; not simple; as, a complex being; a complex idea.
Ideas thus made up of several simple ones put together, I call complex; such as beauty, gratitude, a man, an army, the universe.

Complex

Involving many parts; complicated; intricate.
When the actual motions of the heavens are calculated in the best possible way, the process is difficult and complex.

Complex

Assemblage of related things; collection; complication.
This parable of the wedding supper comprehends in it the whole complex of all the blessings and privileges exhibited by the gospel.

Complex

A conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts;
The complex of shopping malls, houses, and roads created a new town

Complex

A compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated

Complex

(psychoanalysis) a combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person's behavior

Complex

A whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures

Complex

Complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts;
A complex set of variations based on a simple folk melody
A complex mass of diverse laws and customs

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