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Nullity vs Obscurity - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between nullity and obscurity

is that nullity is the state of being null, or void, or invalid while obscurity is darkness; the absence of light.

nullity

English

Noun

(nullities)
  • The state of being null, or void, or invalid.
    • nullity of marriage
  • (legal) A void act; a defective proceeding or one expressly declared by statute to be a nullity.
  • (math) The difference between the rank of a matrix and the number of columns it has; the dimension of the nullspace of a matrix.

    • Derived terms

    *decree of nullity

    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