What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Unobtrusive vs Restrained - What's the difference?

unobtrusive | restrained |

As adjectives the difference between unobtrusive and restrained

is that unobtrusive is not noticeable or blatant; inconspicuous while restrained is held back, limited, kept in check or under control.

As a verb restrained is

(restrain).

unobtrusive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not noticeable or blatant; inconspicuous.
  • *
    • Sometimes she and Miss Baker talked at once, unobtrusively and with a bantering inconsequence that was never quite chatter, that was as cool as their white dresses and their impersonal eyes in the absence of all desire.

    restrained

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Held back, limited, kept in check or under control.
    • He greeted her for the first time in three years with a restrained embrace.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (restrain)
    • He was restrained by the straight jacket.

    Anagrams

    *