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Opake vs Opaque - What's the difference?

opake | opaque | Alternative forms |

Opaque is a alternative form of opake.



As adjectives the difference between opake and opaque

is that opake is alternative form of lang=en while opaque is neither reflecting nor emitting light.

As a noun opaque is

an area of darkness; a place or region with no light.

As a verb opaque is

to make, render (more) opaque.

opake

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
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    opaque

    English

    (wikipedia opaque)

    Alternative forms

    * opake

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Neither reflecting nor emitting light.
  • Allowing little light to pass through, not translucent or transparent.
  • (figuratively) Unclear, unintelligible, hard to get or explain the meaning of
  • (figuratively) Obtuse, stupid.
  • (computing) Describes a type for which higher-level callers have no knowledge of data values or their representations; all operations are carried out by the type's defined abstract operators.

    • Antonyms

    * (physically) see-through, translucent, transparent * (figuratively) clear, obvious, bright, brilliant

    Usage notes

    * The comparative opaquer and superlative opaquest, though formed following valid rules for English, are much less common than more opaque' and ' most opaque and seem to occur more frequently in poetry.

    Derived terms

    * opaquely * opaqueness * radiopaque

    Related terms

    * opacity

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete, poetic) An area of darkness; a place or region with no light.
  • * 1745 , Edward Young, Night-Thoughts , I:
    • Through this opaque of Nature and of Soul, / This double night, transmit one pitying ray, / To lighten, and to cheer.
  • Something which is opaque rather than translucent.

    • Verb

  • To make, render (more) opaque.

    • Synonyms

    * blur * cloud

    See also

    * translucent

    References

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