[tomcam]

Conflate is seldom used correctly on HN. It means combine but now people use it when they mean confuse.

[fuzztester]

Oh wow, didn't know that, thanks. Yes, I've mainly or only seen used it on HN in the sense of confuse, or mistake one thing or concept for another.

[giantg2]

Actually, there are multiple definitions of conflate. One of these does have confuse as a synonym.

[tomcam]

Yes. I should have been more precise and described it as a secondary definition (which has become the primary definition in recent years).