lump together
Treat as one
To lump together is to treat different things as if they were the same, grouping them without regard for distinctions: The report lumps all violent crimes together.
The phrase often carries a critical edge, suggesting the grouping is careless or unfair: Don't lump me together with those idiots.
- pigeonholeClassify too rigidly
- tar with the same brushAttribute shared guilt unfairly
- gatherBring or come together
- clusterGathered group nearby
- conflateMerge distinct elements
aggregate · oversimplify · mass · combine · pile · stereotype · paint with a broad brush · broad strokes · indiscriminate · group · homogenize · generalize · bracket · merge · bunch · undifferentiated · blanket · heap
lump togetherdifferentiate
Identify differences between things
distinguish · separate · sort · categorize · discriminate
lump togetherseparate
To set apart
divide · split up · pull apart · scatter · disperse
lump togetheranalyze
Study by breaking down
scrutinize · nuance · fine-tune · pick apart · dissect
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