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Obfuscate vs Opacity - What's the difference?

obfuscate | opacity |

As a verb obfuscate

is to make dark; overshadow.

As an adjective obfuscate

is (obsolete) obfuscated; darkened; obscured.

As a noun opacity is

(uncountable) the state or quality of being opaque, not allowing light to pass through.

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.

    • opacity

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The state or quality of being opaque, not allowing light to pass through
    • We could not see the sandbar due to the opacity of the muddy water.
  • (uncountable) The state or quality of being inaccessible to understanding
    • The opacity of these decisions is troubling.
  • (optics, countable) A measure of relative impenetrability to electromagnetic radiation such as light.
    • The opacity of a clean glass window is near zero.

    Synonyms

    * opaqueness

    Coordinate terms

    * transparency