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Obfuscation vs Opacity - What's the difference?

obfuscation | opacity |

In uncountable|lang=en terms the difference between obfuscation and opacity

is that obfuscation is (uncountable) confusion, bewilderment, or a baffled state resulting from something obfuscated, or made more opaque and muddled with the intent to obscure information while opacity is (uncountable) the state or quality of being inaccessible to understanding.

As nouns the difference between obfuscation and opacity

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

obfuscation

English

(wikipedia obfuscation)

Noun

  • (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.
    • During the debate, the candidate sighed at his opponent's obfuscations .
  • (computing, uncountable) The option to alter computer code, preserving its behavior but concealing its structure and intent.
    • You need to turn on obfuscation for these classes.

    Related terms

    * obfuscate * obfuscatory ----

    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