Unknown vs Ambiguity - What's the difference?
unknown | ambiguity |
Not known; unidentified; not well known.
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(algebra) A variable (usually x'', ''y'' or ''z ) whose value is to be found.
Any fact or place about which nothing is known (as in the phrase "into the unknown").
A person of no identity; a nonentity
* 1965 , (Bob Dylan), (Like a Rolling Stone)
(countable) Something, particulary words and sentences, that is open to more than one interpretation, explanation or meaning, if that meaning etc cannot be determined from its context.
(uncountable) The state of being ambiguous.
As nouns the difference between unknown and ambiguity
is that unknown is (algebra) a variable (usually x'', ''y'' or ''z ) whose value is to be found while ambiguity is (countable) something, particulary words and sentences, that is open to more than one interpretation, explanation or meaning, if that meaning etc cannot be determined from its context.As an adjective unknown
is not known; unidentified; not well known.unknown
English
Adjective
(-)Synonyms
* anonymous * unfamiliar * uncharted * undiscovered * unexplored * unidentified * unnamed * unrecognized * unrevealed * unascertained * obscure * unsungNoun
(en noun)- How does it feel
- To be on your own
- With no direction home
- Like a complete unknown
- Like a rolling stone?
ambiguity
English
(wikipedia ambiguity)Noun
- His speech was made with such great ambiguity that neither supporter nor opponent could be certain of his true position.