Obfuscation vs Lying - What's the difference?
obfuscation | lying |
(uncountable) The act or process of obfuscating]], or [[obscure#verb, obscuring the perception of something; the concept of concealing the meaning of a communication by making it more confusing and harder to interpret.
(uncountable) Confusion, bewilderment, or a baffled state resulting from something obfuscated, or made more opaque and muddled with the intent to obscure information.
(countable) A single instance of intentionally obscuring the meaning of something to make it more difficult to grasp.
(computing, uncountable) The option to alter computer code, preserving its behavior but concealing its structure and intent.
* 1811 , ,
An act of telling a lie, or falsehood.
* Jeremy Taylor
The act of one who lies, or keeps low to the ground.
* Saint Augustine, Expositions on the Book of Psalms
As nouns the difference between obfuscation and lying
is that obfuscation is (uncountable) the act or process of obfuscating]], or [[obscure#verb|obscuring the perception of something; the concept of concealing the meaning of a communication by making it more confusing and harder to interpret while lying is an act of telling a lie, or falsehood.As a verb lying is
.obfuscation
English
(wikipedia obfuscation)Noun
- During the debate, the candidate sighed at his opponent's obfuscations .
- You need to turn on obfuscation for these classes.
lying
English
(wikipedia lying)Verb
(head)Sense and SensibilityThe Free Library , Chapter 19:
- Without shutting herself up from her family ... or lying awake the whole night to indulge meditation, Elinor found every day afforded her leisure enough to think of Edward..
Noun
(en noun)- But whom could the lyings in wait of the human heart escape?