What's the difference between complicated and imbroglio?

Complicated


Definition:

  • (imp. & p. p.) of Complicate

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The distribution and configuration of the experimental ruptures were similar to those usually noted as complications of human myocardial infarction.
  • (2) Hypothyroidism complicated by spontaneous hyperthyroidism is an interesting but rare occurrence in the spectrum of autoimmune thyroid disorders.
  • (3) Use of the improved operative technique contributed to reduction in number of complications.
  • (4) report the complications registered, in particular: lead's displacing 6.2%, run away 0.7%, marked hyperthermya 0.0%, haemorrage 0.4%, wound dehiscence 0.3%, asectic necrosis by decubitus 5%, septic necrosis 0.3%, perforation of the heart 0.2%, pulmonary embolism 0.1%.
  • (5) The origin of the aorta and pulmonary artery from the right ventricle is a complicated and little studied congenital cardiac malformation.
  • (6) There was one complication (4.8%) from PCD (pneumothorax) and no deaths in this group.
  • (7) Angle closure glaucoma is a well-known complication of scleral buckling and it is of particular interest when it occurs in eyes with previously normal angles.
  • (8) During this period he developed autoimmune haemolytic anaemia, a rare complication of myelofibrosis.
  • (9) In this study, standby and prophylactic patients had comparable success and major complication rates, but procedural morbidity was more frequent in prophylactic patients.
  • (10) Writing in the Observer , Schmidt said his company's accounts were complicated but complied with international taxation treaties that allowed it to pay most of its tax in the United States.
  • (11) Trismus may be a complication from local anesthesia.
  • (12) The course of urogenital tuberculosis is complicated by unspecific bacterial infections of the urinary tract and nephrolithiasis.
  • (13) Four patients died while maintained on PD; three deaths were due to complications of liver failure within the first 4 months of PD and the fourth was due to empyema after 4 years of PD.
  • (14) The decline in the frequency of serious complications was primarily due to a decrease in the proportion of patients with open fractures treated with plate osteosynthesis from nearly 50% to 19%.
  • (15) This method, which permits a more rapid formation of anastomoses, has been used to form Roux-en-Y jejunojejunostomies without extensive complications in six patients.
  • (16) Such complications as intracerebral haematoma or meningeal haemorrhage may occur during the usually benign course of the disease.
  • (17) Surgical removal was avoided without complications by detaching it with a ring stripper.
  • (18) The use of an absorbable material may alleviate potential late complications associated with implantation of nonabsorbable materials.
  • (19) The patient later died from complications of burns.
  • (20) The course was further complicated by administration of gentamicin, an antibiotic known to potentiate neuromuscular blocking drugs.

Imbroglio


Definition:

  • (n.) An intricate, complicated plot, as of a drama or work of fiction.
  • (n.) A complicated and embarrassing state of things; a serious misunderstanding.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Anyway, the whole imbroglio stems from one article by journalist Lisa Pryor.
  • (2) And yet, the board took no real action to investigate the allegations until 7 July 2011, when Murdoch selected two of his co-directors to deal with the imbroglio," the shareholders said in a legal filing in Delaware, where News Corp is registered .
  • (3) The fact that she was allowed to run at all, given her email imbroglio, was “a disgrace”.
  • (4) The government bounces from crisis to imbroglio and back again – but at Michael Gove's Department for Education, the revolution rolls on.
  • (5) Freed of the need to be reelected, our leaders (when they are not preoccupied with scandals like Ronald Reagan's Iran-Contra imbroglio, and Bill Clinton's impeachment over the Monica Lewinsky affair) become suddenly obsessed with insuring "their legacy".
  • (6) The fire burst out while Mark Reckless, a Tory, was asking whether he had discussed the imbroglio with the home secretary.
  • (7) A headline that accuses supreme court judges of being elitist and contemptuous counts as positively mild, of course, when compared with the most controversial of the Mail’s headlines during the whole imbroglio.
  • (8) One of the problems Canongate faces in this extraordinary literary imbroglio is that the book it has put out will be criticised for its inadequacy and, in some cases, the manuscript's errors.
  • (9) "This latest imbroglio is reducing the current Tory Party Chairman to a farcical figure.
  • (10) James Comey: Hillary Clinton email inquiry is FBI chief's latest controversy Read more Comey’s political imbroglio coincides with his attempt to persuade Congress that sophisticated commercial encryption poses a security threat.
  • (11) The prime minister has done everything he possibly can to make sure federal Labor washes up on the right side of this ugly imbroglio, which is rearing its head, inconveniently, just before a federal election.
  • (12) And yes, the Falkirk imbroglio – which may yet spread to other places – does highlight a mess of problems traceable to the state of the so-called union link: the emergence of huge "super-unions", the arcane rules governing their role in the party, and more.
  • (13) Photograph: Rex Rome, 1492, and it's imbroglio a-go-go when Pope Bastard I pops his ecclesiastical cork and lets the fun times flow.
  • (14) At the height of the Whitewater imbroglio, she claimed some of the billing records of her Rose Law Firm had gone missing.
  • (15) Tough as she can seem, she doesn’t have rhino hide, and during her husband’s first term in the White House, according to Her Way , a critical (and excellent) investigative biography of Clinton by Jeff Gerth and Don Van Natta, she became very depressed during the Whitewater imbroglio.
  • (16) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Head to head: Putin and Trump hold meeting on sidelines of G20 Summit This is where the Russia imbroglio has left Trump.