Conflate: Meaning and Usage
Conflate means to combine or merge two or more distinct things—often ideas, concepts, or categories—into one, typically in a way that blurs important differences between them. Example “The article conflates correlation with causation.” (It treats them as the same when they aren’t.) Usage notes Often used critically, to point out a logical or rhetorical error where someone has failed to distinguish between things that should be kept separate. Related words: merge, fuse, blend, mix up, equate.