COMPLICATE vs ELABORATE: ADJECTIVE
- Composed of two or more parts united; complex; complicated; involved.
- Folded together, or upon itself, with the fold running lengthwise.
- Intertwined.
- Complex, complicated.
- Folded longitudinally one or several times, as certain leaves or the wings of some insects.
- Complex, intricate, and involved.
- Intricate, fancy, flashy, or showy
- Highly complex, detailed, or sophisticated
- Developed or executed with care and in minute detail
- Planned or executed with painstaking attention to numerous parts or details.
- Intricate and rich in detail.
- Marked by complexity and richness of detail
COMPLICATE vs ELABORATE: VERB
- Make more complex, intricate, or richer
- To expose involvement in a convoluted matter.
- Make more complicated
- Work out in detail
- Add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
- Produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product
- Make more complex, intricate, or richer
- (used with on when used with an object) To give further detail or explanation (about).
COMPLICATE vs ELABORATE: INTRANSITIVE VERB
- N/A
- To work out with care and detail; develop thoroughly.
- To produce or compose (a substance, for example) from simpler elements.
- To explain something at greater length or in greater detail.
COMPLICATE vs ELABORATE: TRANSITIVE VERB
- To fold or twist together; to combine intricately; to make complex; to combine or associate so as to make intricate or difficult.
- To perfect with painstaking; to improve or refine with labor and study, or by successive operations.
- To produce with labor.
COMPLICATE vs ELABORATE: OTHER WORD TYPES
- In botany, folded upon itself: as, a complicate embryo: same as conduplicate.
- In entomology, folded longitudinally once or several times, as the wings of wasps, the posterior wings of grasshoppers, etc.
- To render complex or intricate; fold or twist together; entangle; intertwine; interweave; involve: as, to complicate matters, he was suddenly taken ill.
- To form by combination of parts or elements; combine; compound.
- Composed of interconnected parts; complex.
- Intricate; involved.
- (transitive; intransitive verb) To twist or become twisted together.
- (transitive; intransitive verb) To make or become complex or perplexing.
- To produce with labor; work out; produce in general.
- Specifically To improve or refine by successive operations; work out with great care; work up fully or perfectly.
- To be or become elaborate; be elaborated.
- Synonyms Labored, perfected, highly wrought.
- Add details, as to an account or idea
- Wrought with labor; finished with great care and nicety of detail; much studied; executed with exactness; highly finished: as, an elaborate discourse; an elaborate performance.
COMPLICATE vs ELABORATE: RELATED WORDS
- Hold, Make, Complex, Confuse, Obstruct, Worsen, Aggravate, Impede, Jeopardize, Hinder, Hamper, Rarify, Refine, Elaborate, Perplex
- Specify, Flesh out, Rarify, Dilate, Expand, Enlarge, Luxuriant, Refine, Careful, Complicate, Expatiate, Fancy, Expound, Detailed, Intricate
COMPLICATE vs ELABORATE: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Convene, Hold, Make, Complex, Confuse, Obstruct, Worsen, Aggravate, Impede, Jeopardize, Hinder, Hamper, Refine, Elaborate, Perplex
- Detail, Work out, Specify, Flesh out, Dilate, Expand, Enlarge, Luxuriant, Refine, Careful, Complicate, Fancy, Expound, Detailed, Intricate
COMPLICATE vs ELABORATE: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
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- Sabbath, fasting and purification commands complicate the issue.
- Malformation of the eggs themselves may complicate conception.
- Metric units of measure can further complicate conversion.
- The template is not supposed to complicate matters.
- Cultural differences will complicate negotiations with Afghan counterparts.
- The need for agitation may complicate nutrient analysis.
- Laparoscopic surgery for fistulas that complicate diverticular disease.
- Physiologic changes during pregnancy can complicate the recognition of OIs and complicate pharmacokinetics.
- Please elaborate on the point system and reinforcement.
- This footnote will elaborate on the different standards.
- Elaborate on IAEA safeguards and discuss its significance?
- Their elaborate funeral rites, however, are an exception.
- Derek will elaborate on this in his remarks.
- Aparthotels come with either limited or elaborate offerings.
- Can you please elaborate a bit on this?
- And exactly because they are more careful and elaborate, they are not so likely to be worthy of a careful and elaborate report.
- As well, the elaborate and evaluate phases are expanded to elaborate, evaluate and extend.
- Etienne, offers elaborate salads and assiettes bourguignonnes at elaborate prices.
COMPLICATE vs ELABORATE: QUESTIONS
- What are the most common health conditions that complicate pregnancy?
- Will the Bucha massacre complicate negotiations between Russia and Ukraine?
- What can delay or complicate the healing of wounds?
- How do multiple levels of biological organization complicate experiments?
- Could inclement weather complicate police work in Ottawa?
- What are the factors that may complicate osteomyelitis?
- Why do marketers constantly complicate their branding programs?
- What are the comorbidities that may complicate anesthesia?
- Does sarcoidosis complicate the course of lymphoma?
- Can Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) complicate pregnancy?
- Which Zelda game has the most elaborate time cycle?
- What details can I elaborate on in narrative writing?
- What is another word for elaborate in crossword puzzle?
- How did Burke elaborate the complex idea of sovereignty?
- Is the cemetery system over-elaborate or under-regulated?
- What animal has the most elaborate courtship rituals?
- How can we elaborate transparent YAG-based ceramics?
- Which is the most elaborate method of mummification?
- Do Imps really design elaborate schemes by themselves?
- Is Katharina's closing monologue an elaborate joke?