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Occluded vs Pellucid - What's the difference?

occluded | pellucid |

As adjectives the difference between occluded and pellucid

is that occluded is closed or obstructed while pellucid is allowing the passage of light; transparent.

As a verb occluded

is past tense of occlude.

occluded

English

Verb

(head)
  • (occlude)

    • Adjective

    (head)
  • closed or obstructed
  • (meteorology) (of air ) forced upwards by colder, denser air

    • Derived terms

    * occluded cyclone * occluded front

    pellucid

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Allowing the passage of light; transparent.
  • * 1857 , , The Coral Island , ch. 16:
    • . . . and the bright seaweeds and the brilliant corals shone in the depths of that pellucid water, as we rowed over it, like rare and precious gems.
  • Easily understood; clear.
  • * 1999 , , Preface:
    • If I treat that grammar as pellucid , then I fail to call attention precisely to that sphere of language that establishes and disestablishes intelligibility, and that would be precisely to thwart my own project as I have described it to you here.

    Synonyms

    * (allowing passage of light) clear, limpid, lucid, translucent * (easily understood) clear, crystal clear, lucid, translucent

    Related terms

    * elucidate * lucid * pellucidity