conflating
Mixing into one
Conflating is combining two or more things into one, often in a way that blurs important distinctions: You're conflating correlation with causation.
The word typically carries a critical edge—suggesting someone has merged ideas that should remain separate: Critics accused him of conflating legitimate protest with terrorism.
Uniting into a whole
- blendingCombining into uniformity
- mergingBlending into one
- fusingJoining by melting
- unifyingMaking disparate elements one
consolidating · integrating · synthesizing · coalescing · melding · joining · uniting · intermingling
Incorrectly identifying something
- muddlingConfusedly mixing up
- blurringMaking less distinct
- equatingTreating as equivalent
- misidentifyingIncorrectly recognizing something
mixing up · jumbling · obscuring · misattributing · misconstruing · garbling · distorting · interchanging
In an incorrect manner
- incorrectlyIn a mistaken way
- fallaciouslyIn an illogical manner
- erroneouslyIn a faulty manner
- improperlyIn an incorrect manner
wrongly · inaccurately · misleadingly · carelessly · sloppily · hastily · uncritically · naively
amalgamating
Uniting into a whole
unifying · consolidating · integrating · synthesizing · coalescing · melding · joining · uniting · intermingling · incorporating
mistaking
Incorrectly identifying something
misidentifying · mixing up · jumbling · obscuring · misattributing · misconstruing · garbling · distorting · interchanging · transposing
mistakenly
In an incorrect manner
- incorrectlyIn a mistaken way
- fallaciouslyIn an illogical manner
- erroneouslyIn a faulty manner
improperly · wrongly · inaccurately · misleadingly · carelessly · sloppily · hastily · uncritically · naively · oversimplifying
- muddlingmuddling, jumbling, scrambling, mixing up, disarranging
conflatingdistinguishing
Identifying differences
separating · differentiating · disentangling · discriminating · parsing
conflatingclarifying
Making something understandable
disambiguating · specifying · delineating · particularizing · unpacking