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
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Basic as an adjective:
Necessary, essential for life or some process.
Examples:
"Flour is a basic ingredient of bread."
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Basic as an adjective:
Elementary, simple, fundamental, merely functional.
Examples:
"The Hotel Sparta’s accommodation is very basic."
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Basic as an adjective (chemistry):
Of or pertaining to a base; having a pH greater than 7.
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Basic as an adjective (slang):
Unremarkable or uninteresting; boring; uncool.
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Basic as a noun:
A necessary commodity, a staple requirement.
Examples:
"Rice is a basic for many Asian villagers."
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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."
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Basic as a noun (military):
Basic training.
Examples:
"usex The drill sergeants gave him hell in basic."
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Complex as an adjective:
Made up of multiple parts; composite; not simple.
Examples:
"a complex being; a complex idea"
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Complex as an adjective:
Not simple, easy, or straightforward; complicated.
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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"
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Complex as an adjective (geometry):
A curve, polygon or other figure that crosses or intersects itself.
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Complex as a noun:
A problem.
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Complex as a noun:
A network of interconnected systems.
Examples:
"uxi [[military-industrial complex]]"
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Complex as a noun:
A collection of buildings with a common purpose, such as a university or military base.
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Complex as a noun:
An assemblage of related things; a collection.
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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."
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Complex as a noun:
An organized cluster of thunderstorms.
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Complex as a noun (chemistry):
A structure consisting of a central atom or molecule weakly connected to surrounding atoms or molecules.
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Complex as a noun (math):
A complex number.
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Complex as a verb (chemistry, intransitive):
To form a complex with another substance
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Complex as a verb (transitive):
To complicate.