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Nobody vs Obscurity - What's the difference?

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Nobody is a related term of obscurity.


As nouns the difference between nobody and obscurity

is that nobody is someone who is not important or well-known while obscurity is (label) darkness; the absence of light.

As a pronoun nobody

is not any person; the logical negation of somebody.

nobody

English

Pronoun

(English Pronouns)
  • Not any person; the logical negation of somebody.
    • I asked several people, but nobody knew how.
    Nobody called or visited that day.

    Usage notes

    * (term) has a lower degree of formality than (no one).

    Synonyms

    * no one

    Antonyms

    * anybody, anyone * everybody, everyone * somebody, someone

    Related terms

    * anybody * everybody * somebody * nowhere * nothing

    Noun

    (nobodies)
  • Someone who is not important or well-known.
    • Whether you're a nobody or a player, everyone in Tinseltown wants to be King of Hollywood! - Conquering Hollywood

    obscurity

    English

    (wikipedia obscurity)

    Noun

  • (label) Darkness; the absence of light.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1907, author=
    • , chapter=6, title= The Dust of Conflict , passage=The night was considerably clearer than anybody on board her desired when the schooner Ventura headed for the land. It rose in places, black and sharp against the velvety indigo, over her dipping bow, though most of the low littoral was wrapped in obscurity .}}
  • * 1919 ,
  • *:I walked in, and Stroeve followed me. The room was in darkness. I could only see that it was an attic, with a sloping roof; and a faint glimmer, no more than a less profound obscurity , came from a skylight.
  • The state of being unknown; a thing that is unknown.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
    • , chapter=5, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=The departure was not unduly prolonged.
  • The quality of being difficult to understand; a thing that is difficult to understand.

    • Related terms

    * obscure