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Nebulous vs Vagueness - What's the difference?

nebulous | vagueness |

As an adjective nebulous

is in the form of a cloud or haze; hazy.

As a noun vagueness is

(uncountable) the condition of being unclear; vague.

nebulous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • In the form of a cloud or haze; hazy.
  • Vague or ill-defined.
  • * 1915 , Arthur Conan Doyle, The Valley of Fear
    • The magistrate could not possibly, on the evidence, have held them for a higher court. On the one hand the compositors and pressmen were forced to admit that the light was uncertain, that they were themselves much perturbed, and that it was difficult for them to swear to the identity of the assailants; although they believed that the accused were among them. Cross examined by the clever attorney who had been engaged by McGinty, they were even more nebulous in their evidence.
  • Relating to a nebula or nebulae.

    • Related terms

    * nebula * nebular * nebulosity

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    vagueness

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The condition of being unclear; vague.
  • (countable) Something which is vague, or an instance or example of vagueness.
  • * 1857 , Thomas Cogswell Upham, Elements of Mental Philosophy , page 329
    • If a man's deep and conscientious regard for the truth be such that he cannot, consistently with the requisitions of his moral nature, repeat to others mere vaguenesses and uncertainties, he will naturally give such strict and serious attention to the present objects of inquiry and knowledge, that they will remain in his memory afterward with remarkable distinctness and permanency.