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Modest vs Unobtrusive - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between modest and unobtrusive

is that modest is not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements, unpretentious, humble while unobtrusive is not noticeable or blatant; inconspicuous.

modest

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements, unpretentious, humble.
  • Small, moderate in size.
    • He earns a modest amount of money.
    Her latest novel was a modest success.
  • (especially of behaviour or clothing) Avoiding being sexually suggestive.

    • Synonyms

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    Antonyms

    * immodest

    Derived terms

    * modest proposal * modesty

    unobtrusive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not noticeable or blatant; inconspicuous.
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    • 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.