different between conflictional vs confusion

English

Etymology

confliction +? -al

Adjective

conflictional (comparative more conflictional, superlative most conflictional)

1. (rare) Of, pertaining to, or characterized by conflict.
   • 1979, B. P. Angle et al., "The Heroin Addict's View of Personal Change During Methadone Maintenance Treatment," Addiction, vol. 74, no. 2, p. 210:

     These results are conflictional in that despite the patient's own perception of increase in ability to function socially, they are experiencing a considerable increase in somatic distress.

   • 1981, David McBride and M. H. Little, "The Afro-American Elite, 1930-1940: A Historical and Statistical Profile," Phylon, vol. 42, no. 2, p. 105:

     This latter leadership reflected and reinforced more the "consensual" as opposed to "conflictional" political and social tendencies.

   • 2001, David B. Walker, "New Federalism. III. A Reformed System in the Making?" International Journal of Public Administration, vol 24, no. 1, p. 57:

     Out of all this emerged a conflicted federalism, not a genuine New Federalism II, that combined cooperative and coercive, collaborative and conflictional, and independent ("fend for yourself") and interdependent (continuing intergovernmental assistance) features.

Synonyms

• conflictful, conflictive, conflictory, conflictual

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French confusion, from Latin confusio, confusionem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?fju???n/
• Rhymes: -u???n

Noun

confusion (usually uncountable, plural confusions)

1. A lack of clarity or order.
2. The state of being confused; misunderstanding.
3. The act of mistaking one thing for another or conflating distinct things.
4. Lack of understanding due to dementia.
5. (archaic) A state of shame or embarrassment.

Synonyms

• (lack of clarity or order): discombobulation
• (state of being confused): bewilderment, disarray

Antonyms

• (lack of clarity or order): clarity
• (misunderstanding): distinction

Translations

French

Etymology

From Middle French confusion, from Old French confusion, borrowed from Latin confusio, confusionem, from verb confundo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.fy.zj??/

Noun

confusion f (plural confusions)

1. confusion

Derived terms

• prêter à confusion

Further reading

• “confusion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French confusion.

Noun

confusion f (plural confusions)

1. confusion

Descendants

• French: confusion

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin confusio, confusionem.

Noun

confusion f (oblique plural confusions, nominative singular confusion, nominative plural confusions)

1. spread (act or instance of spreading)

Descendants

• English: confusion
• Middle French: confusion
  • French: confusion