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Obdurate vs Obfuscate - What's the difference?

obdurate | obfuscate |

In obsolete terms the difference between obdurate and obfuscate

is that obdurate is physically hardened, toughened while obfuscate is obfuscated; darkened; obscured.

As adjectives the difference between obdurate and obfuscate

is that obdurate is stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent while obfuscate is obfuscated; darkened; obscured.

As a verb obfuscate is

to make dark; overshadow.

obdurate

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent.
  • * Hooker
    • The very custom of evil makes the heart obdurate against whatsoever instructions to the contrary.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Art thou obdurate , flinty, hard as steel, / Nay, more than flint, for stone at rain relenteth?
  • * 1818 , ,"The Revolt of Islam", canto 4, stanza 9, lines 1486-7:
    • But custom maketh blind and obdurate
    The loftiest hearts.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=February 12 , author=Les Roopanarine , title=Birmingham 1 - 0 Stoke , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=An injury-time goal from Nikola Zigic against an obdurate Stoke side gave Birmingham back-to back Premier League wins for the first time in 14 months.}}
  • (obsolete) Physically hardened, toughened.

    • Synonyms

    * (stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing): hardened, hard-hearted, impertinent, intractable, unrepentant, unyielding, recalcitrant

    Derived terms

    * obduracy

    Related terms

    * durable, duration * endure, endurance, enduring

    References

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    obfuscate

    English

    Verb

    (obfuscat)
  • To make dark; overshadow
  • To deliberately make more confusing in order to conceal the truth.
    • Before leaving the scene, the murderer set a fire to obfuscate any evidence of his or her identity.
  • (computing) To alter code while preserving its behavior but concealing its structure and intent.
    • We need to obfuscate these classes before we ship the final release.

    Synonyms

    * (to make dark) darken, eclipse, overshadow * (to deliberately make more confusing) confuse, muddle, obscure

    Antonyms

    * (to deliberately make less confusing) explain, simplify

    Derived terms

    * obfuscatable * unobfuscatable

    Related terms

    * obfuscation * obfuscatory * obfuscous

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Obfuscated; darkened; obscured.