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Ambiguous vs Obscurist - What's the difference?

ambiguous | obscurist |

As an adjective ambiguous

is open to multiple interpretations.

As a noun obscurist is

one who creates ambiguous works.

ambiguous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Open to multiple interpretations.
    • The politician was criticized for his ambiguous statements and lack of precision.
  • Vague and unclear.
    • He gave an ambiguous answer.
  • (obsolete, of persons) Hesitant; uncertain; not taking sides.
  • * 1662 (Thomas Salusbury)
    • And forasmuch as in this same question I am ambiguous , and Simplicius is resolute....

    Synonyms

    * equivocal

    Antonyms

    * unambiguous * precise

    Related terms

    * ambiguity * ambiguate * ambiguation * disambiguation

    See also

    * contradictory * mistakable * confusing

    External links

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    References

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    obscurist

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • one who creates ambiguous works.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=January 2, author=The Guardian,, title=Mark Lawson: Big Brother's grandpa, work=The Guardian citation
    • , passage=Some of the dramatist's obituaries treated him as an intellectual obscurist who never quite broke through to the general public; but his plays for ITV in the 1960s were seen by dozens of millions, part of the democratisation of drama that the new medium achieved. }}