different between obfuscation vs digress

English

Etymology

From Latin obfuscatio (15th century), from obfusc?re (“to darken”), from ob (“over”) + fusc?re (“to make dark”), from fuscus (“dark”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

obfuscation (countable and uncountable, plural obfuscations)

1. (uncountable) The act or process of obfuscating, or obscuring the perception of something; the concept of concealing the meaning of a communication by making it more confusing and harder to interpret.
   1. (computing, uncountable) The alteration of computer code to preserve its behavior while concealing its structure and intent.

      You need to turn on obfuscation for these classes.

2. (uncountable) Confusion, bewilderment, or a baffled state resulting from something obfuscated, or made more opaque and muddled with the intent to obscure information.
3. (countable) A single instance of intentionally obscuring the meaning of something to make it more difficult to grasp.

   During the debate, the candidate sighed at his opponent's obfuscations.

Related terms

• obfuscate
• obfuscatory

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p.fys.ka.sj??/

Noun

obfuscation f (plural obfuscations)

1. (programming) obfuscation

English

Etymology

From Latin digressum, past participle of digredi.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: di?gress
• IPA^(key): /da?????s/, /d?????s/
• Rhymes: -?s

Verb

digress (third-person singular simple present digresses, present participle digressing, simple past and past participle digressed)

1. (intransitive) To step or turn aside; to deviate; to swerve; especially, to turn aside from the main subject of attention, or course of argument, in writing or speaking.

   • Moreover she beginneth to digress in latitude.

   • In the pursuit of an argument there is hardly room to digress into a particular definition as often as a man varies the signification of any term.
2. (intransitive) To turn aside from the right path; to transgress; to offend.
   • 1623, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of King Richard the Second, Act 5 Scene 3

     Thy overflow of good converts to bad;
     And thy abundant goodness shall excuse
     This deadly blot in thy digressing son.

Usage notes

Often heard in the set phrase But I digress, where the word behaves as a stative verb, whereas it otherwise patterns as a dynamic verb.

Synonyms

• (turn from the course of argument): sidetrack

Related terms

• digression
• digressive
• excursive

Translations