conflate russian

• сме́шивать

  to mix, to blend, to mix together

  to confuse, to mix up, to conflate

  to mess up, to throw into disorder, to muddle

• смеша́ть

  to mix, to blend, to mingle, to combine

  to mix up, to jumble, to mess up, to throw into disorder

  to confuse, to mistake for one another, to conflate

Examples

• Существу́ет тенде́нция к смеше́нию таки́х поня́тий, как предлага́ть реше́ние пробле́мы и со́бственно реша́ть её. Я ду́маю, что важно различа́ть их.

  There's a tendency to conflate proposing a solution with actually solving the problem. I think it's important to differentiate between the two.