Enigmatic vs Nebulous - What's the difference?
enigmatic | nebulous |
Pertaining to an enigma.
Mysterious.
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*:Serene, smiling, enigmatic , she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes. The clear light of the bright autumn morning had no terrors for youth and health like hers.
Defying description.
(variant) Enigmatical.
In the form of a cloud or haze; hazy.
Vague or ill-defined.
* 1915 , Arthur Conan Doyle, The Valley of Fear
Relating to a nebula or nebulae.
As adjectives the difference between enigmatic and nebulous
is that enigmatic is pertaining to an enigma while nebulous is in the form of a cloud or haze; hazy.enigmatic
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Alternative forms
* (archaic) * (obsolete) * enigmatick (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)nebulous
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Adjective
(en adjective)- The magistrate could not possibly, on the evidence, have held them for a higher court. On the one hand the compositors and pressmen were forced to admit that the light was uncertain, that they were themselves much perturbed, and that it was difficult for them to swear to the identity of the assailants; although they believed that the accused were among them. Cross examined by the clever attorney who had been engaged by McGinty, they were even more nebulous in their evidence.
