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Vehement vs Obtuse - What's the difference?

vehement | obtuse |

As adjectives the difference between vehement and obtuse

is that vehement is vehement while obtuse is blunt; not sharp.

vehement

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense.
  • * 2007 , Scott Smith, The Ruins , page 236
    • Amy shook her head, vehement . "The vine didn't kill them. The Mayans did. They tried to flee and the Mayans shot them. The vine just claimed their bodies once they'd been shot. There's no thought involved in that.

    Synonyms

    * (l)

    Related terms

    * vehemence * vehemently

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    obtuse

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Blunt; not sharp.
  • Intellectually dull or dim-witted.
  • Indirect or circuitous.
  • Of sound: deadened or muffled.
  • (geometry) Of an angle: greater than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees.
  • (geometry) Of a triangle: with one obtuse angle.

    • Synonyms

    * (intellectually dull ): dense, dim, dim-witted, thick (informal) * (of a sound ): deadened, muffled * (blunt ): blunt, dull * (of a triangle ): obtuse-angled

    Antonyms

    * (intellectually dull ): bright, intelligent, on the ball, quick off the mark, quick-witted, sharp, smart * (of a sound ): clear * (blunt ): pointed, sharp * (of an angle ): acute * (of a triangle ): acute, acute-angled

    Related terms

    * obtund

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