Arcane vs Clandestine - What's the difference?
arcane | clandestine |
Understood by only a few; obscure; requiring secret or mysterious knowledge.
* 1997 : Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault'', page 67, ''The Renaissance Episteme (Totem Books, Icon Books; ISBN 1840460865)
Done or kept in secret, sometimes to conceal an illicit or improper purpose.
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* 2004 — (Penny Arcade)
* 2005 — (Stewart Lee), 90's Comedian DVD''
(freemasonry, of a person or lodge) Not recognized as a regular member.
As adjectives the difference between arcane and clandestine
is that arcane is understood by only a few; obscure; requiring secret or mysterious knowledge while clandestine is done or kept in secret, sometimes to conceal an illicit or improper purpose.arcane
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- A “signature” was placed on all things by God to indicate their affinities — but it was hidden, hence the search for arcane' knowledge. Knowing was '''guessing''' and ' interpreting , not observing or demonstrating.
Synonyms
* esoteric * recondite * clandestineAntonyms
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English
Adjective
(en adjective)- In my imagination, all work place encounters between men and women result in clandestine sex.
- And I don't want anyone to think I dislike Catholicism because I don't. It's actually my favourite form of clandestine global evil.