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Obtrusive vs Unobtrusive - What's the difference?

obtrusive | unobtrusive |

As adjectives the difference between obtrusive and unobtrusive

is that obtrusive is sticking out; protruding while unobtrusive is not noticeable or blatant; inconspicuous.

obtrusive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Sticking out; protruding.
    • The facade of the building was ornamented with obtrusive sculpted designs.
  • Noticeable]]; prominent, especially in a [[displease, displeasing way.
    • He has an obtrusive forehead.
  • Pushy.
    • The office manager is an unpleasantly obtrusive individual.

    Synonyms

    * (sticking out) bulging, jutting * (pushy) impertinent, intrusive

    Related terms

    * obtrusively * obtrusiveness

    unobtrusive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not noticeable or blatant; inconspicuous.
  • *
    • Sometimes she and Miss Baker talked at once, unobtrusively and with a bantering inconsequence that was never quite chatter, that was as cool as their white dresses and their impersonal eyes in the absence of all desire.