different between obscuration vs obscurant

English

Noun

obscuration (countable and uncountable, plural obscurations)

1. The state of being obscured.
   • 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 3, ch. X, Plugson of Undershot

     Money is miraculous. What miraculous facilities has it yielded, will it yield us; but also what never-imagined confusions, obscurations has it brought in; down almost to total extinction of the moral-sense in large masses of mankind!

2. A unit of measurement used in particular for smoke detectors which respond to absorption of light by smoke, in percent absorption per unit length, e.g. % obs/ft, % obs/m.

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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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• subcantor

Latin

Verb

obsc?rant

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