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Convoluted vs. Tangled — What's the Difference?

Convoluted vs. Tangled — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Convoluted and Tangled

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Convoluted

Having numerous overlapping coils or folds
A convoluted seashell.

Tangled

Tangled is a 2010 American 3D computer-animated musical adventure film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Loosely based on the German fairy tale "Rapunzel" in the collection of folk tales published by the Brothers Grimm, it is the 50th Disney animated feature film.

Convoluted

Intricate; complicated
Convoluted legal language.
Convoluted reasoning.

Tangled

Complicated and difficult to unravel.

Convoluted

Having numerous overlapping coils or folds; convolute.
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Tangled

Mixed up, interlaced.
Tangled knot

Convoluted

(figuratively) Complex, complicated, or intricate.
He gave a convoluted explanation that amounted to little more than a weak excuse for his absence.

Tangled

(by extension) Intricate.

Convoluted

Simple past tense and past participle of convolute

Tangled

Simple past tense and past participle of tangle

Convoluted

Having convolutions.
Beaks recurved and convoluted like a ram's horn.

Tangled

In a confused mass;
Pushed back her tangled hair
The tangled ropes

Convoluted

Folded in tortuous windings.
A highly convoluted brain.

Tangled

Highly involved or intricate;
The Byzantine tax structure
Convoluted legal language
Convoluted reasoning
Intricate needlework
An intricate labyrinth of refined phraseology
The plot was too involved
A knotty problem
Got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering
Oh, what a tangled web we weave
Tortuous legal procedures
Tortuous negotiations lasting for months

Convoluted

Rolled or coiled together;
A convoluted shell

Convoluted

Highly involved or intricate;
The Byzantine tax structure
Convoluted legal language
Convoluted reasoning
Intricate needlework
An intricate labyrinth of refined phraseology
The plot was too involved
A knotty problem
Got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering
Oh, what a tangled web we weave
Tortuous legal procedures
Tortuous negotiations lasting for months

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