different between immix vs conflate

English

Verb

immix (third-person singular simple present immixes, present participle immixing, simple past and past participle immixed)

1. To mix or blend

Translations

English

Etymology

Attested since 1541: borrowed from Latin c?nfl?tus, from c?nfl? (“fuse, melt, or blow together”); c?n (“with, together”) + fl? (“blow”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /k?n?fle?t/, /k?n?fle?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /k?n?fle?t/
• Rhymes: -e?t

Verb

conflate (third-person singular simple present conflates, present participle conflating, simple past and past participle conflated)

1. To bring (things) together and fuse (them) into a single entity.

   Synonyms: fuse, meld

2. To mix together different elements.

   Synonyms: mix, blend, coalesce, commingle, flux, immix, merge, amalgamate

3. (by extension) To fail to properly distinguish or keep separate (things); to mistakenly treat (them) as equivalent.

   Synonyms: confuse, mix up, lump together

Related terms

• conflation

Translations

Adjective

conflate (not comparable)

1. (biblical criticism) Combining elements from multiple versions of the same text.
   • 1999, Emanuel Tov, The Greek and Hebrew Bible: Collected Essays on the Septuagint:

     Why the redactor created this conflate version, despite its inconsistencies, is a matter of conjecture.

Noun

conflate (plural conflates)

1. (biblical criticism) A conflate text, one which conflates multiple version of a text together.

References

Anagrams

• falconet, lactofen

Latin

Verb

c?nfl?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of c?nfl?