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Oblong vs Obtuse - What's the difference?

oblong | obtuse |

As adjectives the difference between oblong and obtuse

is that oblong is longer than wide while obtuse is blunt; not sharp.

As a noun oblong

is something with an oblong shape.

oblong

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Longer than wide.
  • Roughly rectangular or ellipsoidal.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something with an oblong shape.
  • A rectangle having length greater than width.
  • See also

    * prolate * rectangle ----

    obtuse

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Blunt; not sharp.
  • Intellectually dull or dim-witted.
  • Indirect or circuitous.
  • Of sound: deadened or muffled.
  • (geometry) Of an angle: greater than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees.
  • (geometry) Of a triangle: with one obtuse angle.
  • Synonyms

    * (intellectually dull ): dense, dim, dim-witted, thick (informal) * (of a sound ): deadened, muffled * (blunt ): blunt, dull * (of a triangle ): obtuse-angled

    Antonyms

    * (intellectually dull ): bright, intelligent, on the ball, quick off the mark, quick-witted, sharp, smart * (of a sound ): clear * (blunt ): pointed, sharp * (of an angle ): acute * (of a triangle ): acute, acute-angled

    Anagrams

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    Quotations

    * (English Citations of "obtuse") ----