Dictionary

(biblical criticism) A conflate text, one which conflates multiple version of a text together.

To bring (things) together and fuse (them) into a single entity.

To mix together different elements.

(by extension) To fail to properly distinguish or keep separate (things); to mistakenly treat (them) as equivalent.

Example: “Bacon was Lord Chancellor of England and the first European to experiment with gunpowder.” — “No, you are conflating Francis Bacon and Roger Bacon.”

(biblical criticism) Combining elements from multiple versions of the same text.