different between nobody vs obscurity

English

Alternative forms

• nobuddy
• nobudy

Etymology

no +? body

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n??.b?.di/, /?n??.b?.di/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?no?.b?.di/, /?no?.b?.di/

Pronoun

nobody

1. Not any person; the logical negation of somebody.

Usage notes

• Nobody has a lower degree of formality than no one, but is still standard and is unremarkable in more formal contexts.
• See more at no one

Synonyms

• no one

Antonyms

• anybody, anyone
• everybody, everyone
• somebody, someone

Derived terms

• nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people
• nobody's fool

Related terms

Translations

Noun

nobody (plural nobodies)

1. Someone who is not important or well-known.

Related terms

• nonentity

Translations

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)

1. (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.

2. The state of being unknown; a thing that is unknown.
3. 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

Translations