to confuse
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1.9
- verb
- /kənˈfjuz/
- Teachers often remind us not to confuse the author's opinion with the facts presented in the text.
- confuse the two
- often confused with
- tendency to confuse
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Watch on YouTubeAnd I think a lot of people confuse fear and regret.
- And I think a lot of people confuse fear and regret.
- And the easiest thing in life is to confuse that with the truth.
- But Bob Galer said don't confuse humility for meekness.
- And the two things get terribly confused and interwoven.
- They they think about the thing and they confuse thinking with work.
- Now, please do not confuse being vulnerable with weak.
- You know who always get Rick Rock confused with Rick?
- There was birthday party name drop, not to be confused with Byro Evans.
- In addition, we can learn not to confuse lock with skill.
- It's nice to maybe think, but don't confuse that with kindness.
- TNJ, not to be confused with TMJ, which is lock jaw.
- The Gulf Stream should not be confused with the jet streams.
- And what I find is people confuse hard work with morality.
- You know they've confused bets and investments, right?
Examples
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We don't have to confuse people with foolish language.
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Could you have confused her with someone else?
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And I think it's too often we confuse simple with easy.
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In addition, we can learn not to confuse lock with skill.
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I seem to have confused you with someone else.
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And I think a lot of people confuse fear and regret.
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We often confuse simplicity with easy, but it's actually the exact opposite.
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Please don't confuse your own childhood with my daughter's.
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When you accept the machine analogy, it is very easy to confuse educating with processing.
Academic text (1990) -
My pithy answer is don't confuse schooling with education.
Synonyms
187
2.6
To think one person or thing is another
164
1.8
To think something is true when it is not
138
3.5
To think one person or thing is another
83
2.7
To make people confused and things messy
60
4.2
To understand something in the wrong way
54
3.4
To understand words or actions in the wrong way
44
3.9
To form a wrong idea about someone or something
24
4.8
Mix things up so they are unclear
23
7.7
To understand what someone says or does in the wrong way
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7.3
Mistake one thing or person for another
8
6.5
Say a person or thing is a different one
6
6.3
To make someone confused and unable to understand
2
7.7
To understand something in the wrong way
2
7.5
To understand something in the wrong way
1
8.2
To understand something wrongly
1
8.1
Mistake a person or object for a different one
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Etymology
Confuse comes from the Latin con- ('together') and fundere ('to pour'), which gives the image of things being mixed. A helpful way to remember the second meaning is to think of people or names being 'mixed up', so you mistake one person for another.