The difference between Basic and Complex

When used as nouns, basic means a necessary commodity, a staple requirement, whereas complex means a problem.

When used as adjectives, basic means necessary, essential for life or some process, whereas complex means made up of multiple parts.


Complex is also verb with the meaning: to form a complex with another substance.

check bellow for the other definitions of Basic and Complex

  1. Basic as an adjective:

    Necessary, essential for life or some process.

    Examples:

    "Flour is a basic ingredient of bread."

  2. Basic as an adjective:

    Elementary, simple, fundamental, merely functional.

    Examples:

    "The Hotel Sparta’s accommodation is very basic."

  3. Basic as an adjective (chemistry):

    Of or pertaining to a base; having a pH greater than 7.

  4. Basic as an adjective (slang):

    Unremarkable or uninteresting; boring; uncool.

  1. Basic as a noun:

    A necessary commodity, a staple requirement.

    Examples:

    "Rice is a basic for many Asian villagers."

  2. Basic as a noun:

    An elementary building block, e.g. a fundamental piece of knowledge.

    Examples:

    "Arithmetic is a basic for the study of mathematics."

  3. Basic as a noun (military):

    Basic training.

    Examples:

    "usex The drill sergeants gave him hell in basic."

  1. Complex as an adjective:

    Made up of multiple parts; composite; not simple.

    Examples:

    "a complex being; a complex idea"

  2. Complex as an adjective:

    Not simple, easy, or straightforward; complicated.

  3. Complex as an adjective (mathematics):

    Of a number, of the form a + bi, where a and b are real numbers and i is a square root of −1.

    Examples:

    "complex function"

  4. Complex as an adjective (geometry):

    A curve, polygon or other figure that crosses or intersects itself.

  1. Complex as a noun:

    A problem.

  2. Complex as a noun:

    A network of interconnected systems.

    Examples:

    "uxi [[military-industrial complex]]"

  3. Complex as a noun:

    A collection of buildings with a common purpose, such as a university or military base.

  4. Complex as a noun:

    An assemblage of related things; a collection.

  5. Complex as a noun (psychology):

    A psychological dislike or fear of a particular thing.

    Examples:

    "Jim has a real complex about working for a woman boss."

  6. Complex as a noun:

    An organized cluster of thunderstorms.

  7. Complex as a noun (chemistry):

    A structure consisting of a central atom or molecule weakly connected to surrounding atoms or molecules.

  8. Complex as a noun (math):

    A complex number.

  1. Complex as a verb (chemistry, intransitive):

    To form a complex with another substance

  2. Complex as a verb (transitive):

    To complicate.