Conflate vs. Elide — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Conflate and Elide
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Conflate
Combine (two or more sets of information, texts, ideas, etc.) into one
The urban crisis conflates a number of different economic, political, and social issues
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Elide
To omit or slur over (a syllable, for example) in pronunciation.
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Conflate
To bring together; meld or fuse
"The problems [with the biopic] include ... dates moved around, lovers deleted, many characters conflated into one" (Ty Burr).
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Elide
To strike out (something written).
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Conflate
To combine (two variant texts, for example) into one whole.
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Elide
To eliminate or leave out of consideration.
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Conflate
To fail to distinguish between; confuse. See Usage Note below.
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Elide
To cut short; abridge.
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Conflate
To bring (things) together and fuse (them) into a single entity.
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Elide
To leave out or omit (something).
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Conflate
To mix together different elements.
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Elide
(linguistics) To cut off, as a vowel or a syllable.
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Conflate
(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.”
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Elide
To conflate; to smear together; to blur the distinction between.
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Conflate
Combining elements from multiple versions of the same text.
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Elide
To break or dash in pieces; to demolish; as, to elide the force of an argument.
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Conflate
(biblical criticism) A conflate text, one which conflates multiple version of a text together.
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Elide
To cut off, as a vowel or a syllable, usually the final one; to subject to elision.
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Conflate
To blow together; to bring together; to collect; to fuse together; to join or weld; to consolidate.
The State-General, created and conflated by the passionate effort of the whole nation.
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Elide
Leave or strike out;
This vowel is usually elided before a single consonant
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Conflate
To ignore distinctions between, by treating two or more distinguishable objects or ideas as one; to confuse.
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Conflate
Mix together different elements;
The colors blend well
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