different between obscurate vs obscurant

English

Verb

obscurate (third-person singular simple present obscurates, present participle obscurating, simple past and past participle obscurated)

1. (transitive) To obscure.
   • 1854, United States. Congress, The Congressional Globe (volume 23, page 131)

     Though I do not concur in all the principles he has enunciated, yet I would not obscurate the brightness of his track.

   • 2007, George A. Peters, Barbara J. Peters, Medical Error and Patient Safety: Human Factors in Medicine (page 91)

     They often obscurate using colorful word games, theories, or specialty fads […]

Anagrams

• base court, basecourt

Latin

Participle

obsc?r?te

1. vocative masculine singular of obsc?r?tus

English

Etymology

Entering English circa 1793–1799: From German Obskurant and French obscurant, from classical Latin obsc?rant-, stem of obsc?r?ns, present participle of obsc?r?re (“to obscure”), from obsc?rus (“dark”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b?skj????nt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?b?skj???nt/

Adjective

obscurant (comparative more obscurant, superlative most obscurant)

1. Acting or tending to confound, obfuscate, or obscure.
2. Typical of or pertaining to obscurants; obscurantic; obscurantistic.

Noun

obscurant (plural obscurants)

1. One who acts to confound or obfuscate; an obscurantist.
2. A person who seeks to prevent or hinder enquiry and the advancement of knowledge or wisdom; an agent of endarkenment.
3. An opposer of lucidity and transparency in the political and intellectual spheres.

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Anagrams

• subcantor

Latin

Verb

obsc?rant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of obsc?r?