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Inconspicuous vs Unobtrusive - What's the difference?

inconspicuous | unobtrusive |

As adjectives the difference between inconspicuous and unobtrusive

is that inconspicuous is not prominent nor easily noticeable while unobtrusive is not noticeable or blatant; inconspicuous.

inconspicuous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not prominent nor easily noticeable
  • * 2004 , , Let's Collect Rocks and Shells , Kessinger Publishing Co., page 9,
    • Approaching danger, whether from octopus, fish or man, arouses caution in a small mollusk and it becomes as inconspicuous as it can.

    Synonyms

    * invisible

    Antonyms

    * conspicuous

    Related terms

    * inconspicuousness

    See also

    * obscure * unnoticeable

    unobtrusive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not noticeable or blatant; inconspicuous.
  • *
    • Sometimes she and Miss Baker talked at once, unobtrusively and with a bantering inconsequence that was never quite chatter, that was as cool as their white dresses and their impersonal eyes in the absence of all desire.