Complex vs. Nuance — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Complex and Nuance
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Complex
Consisting of interconnected or interwoven parts; composite
Complex equipment with multiple components.
Nuance
A subtle or slight degree of difference, as in meaning, feeling, or tone; a gradation.
Complex
Composed of two or more units
A complex carbohydrate.
Nuance
Expression or appreciation of subtle shades of meaning, feeling, or tone
A rich artistic performance, full of nuance.
Complex
Difficult to understand for being intricate or involved; complicated
A complex problem.
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Nuance
To treat or consider with nuance; give nuances to
New information that nuanced their understanding of the situation.
Complex
Consisting of at least one bound form. Used of a word.
Nuance
A minor distinction.
Hidden nuances
Complex
Consisting of an independent clause and at least one other independent or dependent clause. Used of a sentence.
Nuance
Subtlety or fine detail.
Understanding the basics is easy, but appreciating the nuances takes years.
Complex
A whole composed of interconnected or interwoven parts
A complex of cities and suburbs.
The military-industrial complex.
Nuance
(transitive) To apply a nuance to; to change or redefine in a subtle way.
Complex
A building or group of buildings used for a single purpose
A sports complex.
Nuance
A shade of difference; a delicate gradation.
Complex
In psychoanalysis, a group of related, often repressed ideas and impulses that compel characteristic or habitual patterns of thought, feelings, and behavior.
Nuance
A small difference in meaning, significance, or expression.
Complex
An exaggerated or obsessive concern or fear
Has a complex about his weight.
Nuance
A subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude;
Without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor
Don't argue about shades of meaning
Complex
(Medicine) The combination of factors, symptoms, or signs of a disease or disorder that forms a syndrome.
Complex
Made up of multiple parts; composite; not simple.
A complex being; a complex idea
Complex
Not simple, easy, or straightforward; complicated.
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
Complex
Whose range is a subset of the complex numbers.
Complex function
Complex
Whose coefficients are complex numbers; defined over the field of complex numbers.
Complex polynomial
Complex algebraic variety
Complex
(geometry) A curve, polygon or other figure that crosses or intersects itself.
Complex
A problem. en
Complex
A network of interconnected systems.
Military-industrial complex
Complex
A collection of buildings with a common purpose, such as a university or military base.
Complex
An assemblage of related things; a collection.
Complex
An organized cluster of thunderstorms.
Complex
A cluster of wildfires burning in the same vicinity.
The fire complex began as two separate fires.
Complex
(taxonomy) A group of closely related species, often distinguished only with difficulty by traditional morphological methods.
Complex
(psychoanalysis) An abnormal mental condition caused by repressed emotions.
Complex
A vehement, often excessive psychological dislike or fear of a particular thing.
Jim has a real complex about working for a woman boss.
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.
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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