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Implicate vs Complicated - What's the difference?

implicate | complicated |

As verbs the difference between implicate and complicated

is that implicate is to connect or involve in an unfavorable or criminal way with something while complicated is past tense of complicate.

As an adjective complicated is

difficult or convoluted.

implicate

English

Verb

(implicat)
  • To connect or involve in an unfavorable or criminal way with something.
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  • To imply, to have as a necessary consequence or accompaniment.
  • (archaic) To fold or twist together, intertwine, interlace, entangle, entwine.

    • Related terms

    * implication * implicative * implicit * implicitness * imply

    See also

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    complicated

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • 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

    Verb

    (head)
  • (complicate)
    • The process of fixing the car engine was complicated by the lack of tools.