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Obscuration vs Obstruction - What's the difference?

obscuration | obstruction |

As nouns the difference between obscuration and obstruction

is that obscuration is the state of being obscured while obstruction is the act of obstructing, or state of being obstructed.

obscuration

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • the state of being obscured
  • *1843 , '', book 3, ch. X, ''Plugson of Undershot
  • *:Money is miraculous. What miraculous facilities has it yielded, will it yield us; but also what never-imagined confusions, obscurations has it brought in; down almost to total extinction of the moral-sense in large masses of mankind!

    • obstruction

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of obstructing, or state of being obstructed.
  • That which obstructs or impedes; an obstacle; an impediment; a hindrance.
  • The condition of having the natural powers obstructed in their usual course; the arrest of the vital functions; death.

    • Synonyms

    * * hindrance * impedance * roadblock * * See also