different between hazy vs obfuscate

English

Etymology

From earlier hawsey (1625), a nautical term of uncertain origin. Possibly from Middle English *hasi, *haswy, from Old English haswi? (“grey; ashen; dusky”), from Old English hasu (“dusky; grey; ashen”), from Proto-Germanic *haswaz (“grey”), from Proto-Indo-European *?eh?s- (“bright grey”), surface analysis as haze +? -y; although Modern English haze is more likely a back-formation of hazy.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?he?zi/
• Rhymes: -e?zi

Adjective

hazy (comparative hazier, superlative haziest)

1. Thick or obscured with haze.

   a hazy view of the polluted city street

2. Not clear or transparent.
3. Obscure; confused; not clear.

   a hazy argument

   a hazy intellect

Synonyms

• (thick with haze): hazed; see also Thesaurus:nebulous
• (not clear or transparent): blurry, fuzzy, ill-defined; see also Thesaurus:indistinct
• (obscure, confused): ambiguous, equivocal; see also Thesaurus:vague

Derived terms

• hazily
• haziness

Translations

Further reading

• hazy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• hazy in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• yazh

English

Etymology

From the participle stem of Late Latin obfusc?re, from Latin ob- + fusc?re, present active infinitive of fusc? (“I darken”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??bf?ske?t/, /??bf?ske?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???bf?ske?t/, /???bf?ske?t/

Verb

obfuscate (third-person singular simple present obfuscates, present participle obfuscating, simple past and past participle obfuscated)

1. To make dark; overshadow
2. To deliberately make more confusing in order to conceal the truth.
   • 2018, Anonymous White House Official, "White House reels as FBI director contradicts official claims about alleged abuser," Washington Post, February 13, 2018:

     When asked if Kelly could have been more transparent or truthful, that official wrote: “In this White House, it’s simply not in our DNA. Truthful and transparent is great, but we don’t even have a coherent strategy to obfuscate.”

   Before leaving the scene, the murderer set a fire in order to obfuscate any evidence of their identity.

3. (computing) To alter code while preserving its behavior but concealing its structure and intent.

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

Related terms

• obfuscation
• obfuscatory
• obfuscous

Translations

Adjective

obfuscate (comparative more obfuscate, superlative most obfuscate)

1. (obsolete) Obfuscated; darkened; obscured.
   • 1531, Thomas Elyot, The Boke named the Governour

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