different between dimness vs obscurity
dimness
English
Etymology
From Middle English dymnes, dymnesse, from Old English dimnes, dymnys, dimness (“dimness, darkness, obscurity”), equivalent to dim +? -ness.
Noun
dimness (countable and uncountable, plural dimnesses)
- The state of being dim, poorly illuminated, almost dark.
Translations
Anagrams
- desmins, endisms, missend
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obscurity
English
Etymology
From Middle French obscurité, from Latin obsc?rit?s; synchronically analyzable as obscure +? -ity
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?b?skj????ti/, /?b?skj????ti/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?b?skj???ti/, /?b?skj??ti/
- Hyphenation: ob?scur?ity
Noun
obscurity (countable and uncountable, plural obscurities)
- (literary) Darkness; the absence of light.
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, ch. 24
- I walked in, and Stroeve followed me. The room was in darkness. I could only see that it was an attic, with a sloping roof; and a faint glimmer, no more than a less profound obscurity, came from a skylight.
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, ch. 24
- The state of being unknown; a thing that is unknown.
- The quality of being difficult to understand; a thing that is difficult to understand.
Synonyms
- (the state of being unknown): unknownness
Antonyms
- (the state of being known): fame
- (the state of being clear): clarity
Related terms
- obscure
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