English dictionary

conflating Meaning & Definition

What Does Conflating Mean?

As a verb, conflating means present participle and gerund of conflate.

To bring (things) together and fuse (them) into a single entity.
To mix together different elements.
(by extension) To fail to properly distinguish or keep separate (things); to mistakenly treat (them) as equivalent.
“Bacon was Lord Chancellor of England and the first European to experiment with gunpowder.” — “No, you are conflating Francis Bacon and Roger Bacon.”

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