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Flummox vs Obfuscate - What's the difference?

flummox | obfuscate |

As verbs the difference between flummox and obfuscate

is that flummox is to confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast while obfuscate is to make dark; overshadow.

As an adjective obfuscate is

(obsolete) obfuscated; darkened; obscured.

flummox

English

Verb

(es)
  • To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=January 22 , author= , title=Man Utd 5 - 0 Birmingham , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=With United's movement flummoxing the visitors, Berbatov saw his low shot saved well by Ben Foster on his first return to Old Trafford. }}

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    obfuscate

    English

    Verb

    (obfuscat)
  • To make dark; overshadow
  • To deliberately make more confusing in order to conceal the truth.
  • Before leaving the scene, the murderer set a fire to obfuscate any evidence of his or her identity.
  • (computing) To alter code while preserving its behavior but concealing its structure and intent.
  • We need to obfuscate these classes before we ship the final release.

    Synonyms

    * (to make dark) darken, eclipse, overshadow * (to deliberately make more confusing) confuse, muddle, obscure

    Antonyms

    * (to deliberately make less confusing) explain, simplify

    Derived terms

    * obfuscatable * unobfuscatable

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Obfuscated; darkened; obscured.