Flummox vs Obfuscate - What's the difference?
flummox | obfuscate |
To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast.
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To make dark; overshadow
To deliberately make more confusing in order to conceal the truth.
(computing) To alter code while preserving its behavior but concealing its structure and intent.
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
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Verb
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Synonyms
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obfuscate
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Verb
(obfuscat)- Before leaving the scene, the murderer set a fire to obfuscate any evidence of his or her identity.
- We need to obfuscate these classes before we ship the final release.