different between elusive vs complicated
elusive
English
Etymology
From Latin elusus past participle of eludo (“to parry a blow, to deceive”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??lu?s?v/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /i?lu?s?v/
- Homophone: illusive
Adjective
elusive (comparative more elusive, superlative most elusive)
- Evading capture, comprehension or remembrance.
- The elusive criminal was arrested
- Difficult to make precise.
- A precise definition of diarrhea is elusive (Robbin's pathology, 8th ed)
- Rarely seen.
Related terms
- elude
Derived terms
- elusively
- elusiveness
Translations
Italian
Adjective
elusive
- feminine plural of elusivo
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complicated
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?k?mpl?ke?t?d/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k?mpl?ke?t?d/
- Hyphenation: com?pli?cat?ed
Adjective
complicated (comparative more complicated, superlative most complicated)
- Difficult or convoluted.
- It seems this complicated situation will not blow over soon.
- Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. […] Frills, ruffles, flounces, lace, complicated seams and gores: not only did they sweep the ground and have to be held up in one hand elegantly as you walked along, but they had little capes or coats or feather boas.
- (biology) Folded longitudinally (as in the wings of certain insects).
Antonyms
- simple
Translations
Verb
complicated
- simple past tense and past participle of complicate
- The process of fixing the car engine was complicated by the lack of tools.
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- complicate or complicated
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