Cavalier vs Obtuse - What's the difference?
cavalier | obtuse |
Not caring enough about something important.
* 2003 , Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything'', ''Black Swan , pg.46:
High-spirited.
Supercilious; haughty; disdainful; curt; brusque.
Of or pertaining to the party of King Charles I.
A military man serving on horse.
A sprightly, military man; hence, a gallant.
One of the court party in the time of King Charles I, as contrasted with a Roundhead or an adherent of Parliament.
A work of more than ordinary height, rising from the level ground of a bastion, etc., and overlooking surrounding parts.
A well mannered man; a gentleman.
Blunt; not sharp.
Intellectually dull or dim-witted.
Indirect or circuitous.
Of sound: deadened or muffled.
(geometry) Of an angle: greater than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees.
(geometry) Of a triangle: with one obtuse angle.
As adjectives the difference between cavalier and obtuse
is that cavalier is not caring enough about something important while obtuse is blunt; not sharp.As a noun cavalier
is a military man serving on horse.cavalier
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The very dignified officials were confused by his cavalier manner.
- Far from marking the outer edge of the solar system, as those school-room maps so cavalierly imply, Pluto is barely one-fifty-thousandth of the way.