The difference between Complicated and Simple
When used as adjectives, complicated means difficult or convoluted, whereas simple means uncomplicated.
Simple is also noun with the meaning: a herbal preparation made from one plant, as opposed to something made from more than one plant.
Simple is also verb with the meaning: to gather simples, i.e., medicinal herbs.
check bellow for the other definitions of Complicated and Simple
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Complicated as an adjective:
Difficult or convoluted.
Examples:
"It seems this complicated situation will not blow over soon."
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Complicated as an adjective (biology):
Folded longitudinally (as in the wings of certain insects).
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Complicated as a verb:
Examples:
"The process of fixing the car engine was complicated by the lack of tools."
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Simple as an adjective:
Uncomplicated; taken by itself, with nothing added.
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Simple as an adjective:
Without ornamentation; plain.
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Simple as an adjective:
Free from duplicity; guileless, innocent, straightforward.
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Simple as an adjective:
Undistinguished in social condition; of no special rank.
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Simple as an adjective (now, rare):
Trivial; insignificant.
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Simple as an adjective (now, colloquial):
Feeble-minded; foolish.
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Simple as an adjective (technical):
Structurally uncomplicated. Consisting of one single substance; uncompounded. Of a group: having no normal subgroup. Not compound, but possibly lobed. Using steam only once in its cylinders, in contrast to a compound engine, where steam is used more than once in high-pressure and low-pressure cylinders. Consisting of a single individual or zooid; not compound. Homogenous.
Examples:
"a simple ascidian"
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Simple as an adjective (obsolete):
Mere; not other than; being only.
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Simple as a noun (medicine):
A herbal preparation made from one plant, as opposed to something made from more than one plant.
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Simple as a noun (obsolete):
A term for a physician, derived from the medicinal term above.
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Simple as a noun (logic):
A simple or atomic proposition.
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Simple as a noun (obsolete):
Something not mixed or compounded.
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Simple as a noun (weaving):
A drawloom.
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Simple as a noun (weaving):
Part of the apparatus for raising the heddles of a drawloom.
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Simple as a noun (Roman Catholic):
A feast which is not a double or a semidouble.
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Simple as a verb (transitive, intransitive, archaic):
To gather simples, i.e., medicinal herbs.