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> [complicated, complex] are synonyms. I mean, sure, but you can't just swap them in and out like that - you can have something complicated which is not comple
by zimpenfish 5y ago
> [complicated, complex] are synonyms.
I mean, sure, but you can't just swap them in and out like that - you can have something complicated which is not complex (say a knitting pattern with four colours) and something complex which is not complicated ("put this arrow into the centre of that target").
- yunohn 5y agoI asked for contextual examples, not random ones. Though I guess if we’re in a thread of people reducing various platforms to a BBForum/Wikipedia, it wouldn’t make any sense to them.
- zimpenfish 5y ago> I asked for contextual examples, not random ones. I was merely pointing out that you can't toss off "complex and complicated are synonyms" as some kind of argument "gotcha".
- yunohn 5y agoThere was no gotcha. If the commenter claims their point revolves around the difference in meaning between two synonyms, they should explain themselves better in the given context.