Ambiguous vs Obscurist - What's the difference?
ambiguous | obscurist |
Open to multiple interpretations.
Vague and unclear.
(obsolete, of persons) Hesitant; uncertain; not taking sides.
* 1662 (Thomas Salusbury)
one who creates ambiguous works.
*{{quote-news, year=2009, date=January 2, author=The Guardian,, title=Mark Lawson: Big Brother's grandpa, work=The Guardian
, passage=Some of the dramatist's obituaries treated him as an intellectual obscurist who never quite broke through to the general public; but his plays for ITV in the 1960s were seen by dozens of millions, part of the democratisation of drama that the new medium achieved. }}
As an adjective ambiguous
is open to multiple interpretations.As a noun obscurist is
one who creates ambiguous works.ambiguous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The politician was criticized for his ambiguous statements and lack of precision.
- He gave an ambiguous answer.
- And forasmuch as in this same question I am ambiguous , and Simplicius is resolute....
Synonyms
* equivocalAntonyms
* unambiguous * preciseSee also
* contradictory * mistakable * confusingExternal links
* *References
*obscurist
English
Noun
(en noun)citation