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Benighted vs Occulted - What's the difference?

benighted | occulted |

As verbs the difference between benighted and occulted

is that benighted is (label)(benight) while occulted is (occult).

As an adjective benighted

is plunged into darkness.

benighted

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • plunged into darkness
  • overtaken by night
  • * 1936 , Robert Frost, "Desert Places"
    • And lonely as it is, that loneliness
    Will be more lonely ere it will be less —
    A blanker whiteness of benighted snow
    With no expression, nothing to express.
  • lacking knowledge or education; unenlightened

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (label)(benight)

    • Anagrams

    *

    occulted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (occult)

    • occult

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (astronomy) To cover or hide from view.
    • The earth occults the moon during a lunar eclipse.
  • (rare) To dissimulate, conceal, or obfuscate.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (lb) Secret; hidden from general knowledge; undetected
  • :
  • *(Isaac Taylor) (1787–1865)
  • *:It is of an occult kind, and is so insensible in its advances as to escape observation.
  • Related to the occult; pertaining to mysticism, magic, or astrology.
  • Esoteric.
  • *
  • *:Elbows almost touching they leaned at ease, idly reading the almost obliterated lines engraved there. ¶ ("I never) understood it," she observed, lightly scornful. "What occult meaning has a sun-dial for the spooney? I'm sure I don't want to read riddles in a strange gentleman's optics."

    • Derived terms

    * occult line

    Noun

    (-)
  • Supernatural affairs.

    • Related terms

    * occultation