Obfuscation vs Deterioration - What's the difference?
obfuscation | deterioration |
(uncountable) The act or process of obfuscating]], or [[obscure#verb, obscuring the perception of something; the concept of concealing the meaning of a communication by making it more confusing and harder to interpret.
(uncountable) Confusion, bewilderment, or a baffled state resulting from something obfuscated, or made more opaque and muddled with the intent to obscure information.
(countable) A single instance of intentionally obscuring the meaning of something to make it more difficult to grasp.
(computing, uncountable) The option to alter computer code, preserving its behavior but concealing its structure and intent.
The process of making or growing worse, or the state of having grown worse.
* {{quote-news
, year=2012
, date=June 4
, author=Lewis Smith
, title=Queen's English Society says enuf is enough, innit?
, work=the Guardian
As nouns the difference between obfuscation and deterioration
is that obfuscation is (uncountable) the act or process of obfuscating]], or [[obscure#verb|obscuring the perception of something; the concept of concealing the meaning of a communication by making it more confusing and harder to interpret while deterioration is deterioration.obfuscation
English
(wikipedia obfuscation)Noun
- During the debate, the candidate sighed at his opponent's obfuscations .
- You need to turn on obfuscation for these classes.
deterioration
English
Noun
citation, page= , passage=The Queen may be celebrating her jubilee but the Queen's English Society, which has railed against the misuse and deterioration of the English language, is to fold.}}