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conflating

/kənˈfleɪtɪŋ/ /ˈkɑːnˌfleɪtɪŋ/

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verb

Fusionar, combinar

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

Examples :

"The teacher warned students against conflating summarizing with simply copying parts of the original text. "

El profesor advirtió a los estudiantes contra la fusión de resumir con simplemente copiar partes del texto original.

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verb

Mezclar, fusionar

To mix together different elements.

Examples :

"The news report was confusing because it was conflating correlation with causation, suggesting that two things happening at the same time meant one caused the other. "

El informe de noticias fue confuso porque estaba mezclando la correlación con la causalidad, sugiriendo que dos cosas que sucedían al mismo tiempo significaban que una causaba la otra.

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verb

Confundir, mezclar

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

Examples :

"“Bacon was Lord Chancellor of England and the first European to experiment with gunpowder.” — “No, you are conflating Francis Bacon and Roger Bacon.”"

“Bacon fue Lord Canciller de Inglaterra y el primer europeo en experimentar con la pólvora.” — “No, estás confundiendo a Francis Bacon y Roger Bacon.”

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