Timeline for What is a less ambiguous word for "confuse" in context of describing two similar things?
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| Oct 16, 2012 at 19:28 | comment | added | coleopterist | I also think that, given the OP's sentence, misidentify could well be talking about sets of twins. I grant you that this could apply to just about every suggestion. But it sounds a tad more acute when misidentify is used. | |
| Oct 16, 2012 at 19:25 | comment | added | Kit Z. Fox♦ | I don't think conflate really works in this context. Conflate has more of a sense of blending two ideas together into one. Misidentify seems apt though. | |
| Oct 16, 2012 at 19:21 | history | answered | cornbread ninja 麵包忍者 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |