Complicate and Develop

Complicate

Complicate verb - To make complex or difficult.

Usage example: the need to go to both a PTA conference and condo board meeting really complicates tonight's schedule

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Develop and complicate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Develop" instead a verb "Complicate".

Develop verb - Elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme.

Usage example: develop the melody and change the key

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Complicate and develop are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Complicate" instead a verb "Develop".

friendship	complicate friendship	develop friendship
sense	complicate sense	develop sense
ability	complicate ability	develop ability
life	complicate life	develop life
Other words: relationship, plot, system, series, case, way, game, symptoms.

To further complicate matters, Momoyama and other girls in Inari's class develop crushes on Tanbabashi during their second semester, the captain of the basketball team has a crush on Sumizome, and Inari, Uka, and Sumizome have their own share of unrequited and Unwanted Harems.

Source: Manga / Inari, Konkon, Koi Iroha

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