Obverse vs Verso - What's the difference?
obverse | verso | Antonyms |
Turned or facing toward the observer.
Corresponding; complementary.
(botany) Having the base, or end next to the attachment, narrower than the top.
The heads side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that has the principal design.
(logic) The double negative of a statement e.g. All men are mortal'' => ''No man is immortal
The back side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for reading, such as a sheet or a leaf or a coin or a medal.
(printing) The left-hand page of a book of a script which reads from left to right, usually having an even page number.
Obverse is an antonym of verso.
As nouns the difference between obverse and verso
is that obverse is the heads side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that has the principal design while verso is the back side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for reading, such as a sheet or a leaf or a coin or a medal.As a adjective obverse
is turned or facing toward the observer.obverse
English
Adjective
(-)- The obverse side of the gravestone has the inscription.
- When you speak clearly, people understand you. If you don't mumble, the obverse effect is observed.
- an obverse leaf
Synonyms
* (turned toward the observer ): facing, presenting * (corresponding ): analogous, like, parallel, reciprocalNoun
(en noun)- The medal had a cross on the obverse and had a name inscribed on the reverse.
