Obverse vs Visible - What's the difference?
obverse | visible |
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
Able to be seen.
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As adjectives the difference between obverse and visible
is that obverse is turned or facing toward the observer while visible is able to be seen.As a noun obverse
is the heads side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that has the principal design.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.
Antonyms
* reverseAnagrams
* *visible
English
Adjective
(en adjective)William E. Conner
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