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Obfuscate vs Unobfuscated - What's the difference?

obfuscate | unobfuscated |

As adjectives the difference between obfuscate and unobfuscated

is that obfuscate is obfuscated; darkened; obscured while unobfuscated is not obfuscated.

As a verb obfuscate

is to make dark; overshadow.

obfuscate

English

Verb

(obfuscat)
  • To make dark; overshadow
  • To deliberately make more confusing in order to conceal the truth.
  • Before leaving the scene, the murderer set a fire to obfuscate any evidence of his or her identity.
  • (computing) To alter code while preserving its behavior but concealing its structure and intent.
  • We need to obfuscate these classes before we ship the final release.

    Synonyms

    * (to make dark) darken, eclipse, overshadow * (to deliberately make more confusing) confuse, muddle, obscure

    Antonyms

    * (to deliberately make less confusing) explain, simplify

    Derived terms

    * obfuscatable * unobfuscatable

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Obfuscated; darkened; obscured.
  • unobfuscated

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Not obfuscated.
  • * 1980 , Linda Hutcheon, Narcissistic narrative: the metafictional paradox
  • In the first case, the text presents itself as diegesis, as narrative; in the second, it is unobfuscated text, language.