different between inescapable vs obvious

English

Alternative forms

• inescapeable (nonstandard spelling)

Etymology

in- +? escapable

Pronunciation

Adjective

inescapable (comparative more inescapable, superlative most inescapable)

1. Impossible (unable) to avoid or escape; not escapable.

   Synonyms: inevitable, unescapable

   Synonyms: escapable, evitable

Derived terms

• inescapably

Related terms

• escapability
• escapably
• inescapability
• unescapability
• unescapably

Translations

Spanish

Adjective

inescapable (plural inescapables)

1. inescapable

English

Etymology

16th century, from Latin obvius (“being in the way so as to meet, meeting, easy to access, at hand, ready, obvious”), from ob- (“before”) + via (“way”). In order to avoid an awkward form such as *obvy, the Latin ending -us was maintained in the form -ous (which is otherwise equivalent to Latin -osus).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??b.vi.?s/, (fast speech) /??.vi.?s/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??b.v??s/, /??.v??s/, (fast speech) /??v.j?s/
• Hyphenation: ob?vi?ous

Adjective

obvious (comparative more obvious, superlative most obvious)

1. Easily discovered, seen, or understood; self-explanatory.

   • Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations. It is easily earned repetition to state that Josephine St. Auban's was a presence not to be concealed.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:obvious.

Antonyms

• unobvious
• non-obvious
• subtle

Derived terms

• obviously
• obviousness

Translations

See also

• clear
• evident
• manifest
• plain

Further reading

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