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Transparency vs Opacity - What's the difference?

transparency | opacity |

Opacity is a coordinate term of transparency.



In uncountable terms the difference between transparency and opacity

is that transparency is the quality of being transparent; transparence while opacity is the state or quality of being inaccessible to understanding.

As nouns the difference between transparency and opacity

is that transparency is a transparent object while opacity is the state or quality of being opaque, not allowing light to pass through.

transparency

English

(wikipedia transparency)

Noun

  • (countable) a transparent object.
  • (countable) specifically , a transparent material with an image on it, that is viewable by shining light through it.
  • (figuratively) openness, degree of accessibility to view
  • (uncountable) the quality of being transparent; transparence.

    • Derived terms

    * overhead transparency

    opacity

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The state or quality of being opaque, not allowing light to pass through
    • We could not see the sandbar due to the opacity of the muddy water.
  • (uncountable) The state or quality of being inaccessible to understanding
    • The opacity of these decisions is troubling.
  • (optics, countable) A measure of relative impenetrability to electromagnetic radiation such as light.
    • The opacity of a clean glass window is near zero.

    Synonyms

    * opaqueness

    Coordinate terms

    * transparency