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- The words blunt and dull are common synonyms of obtuse. While all three words mean "not sharp, keen, or acute," obtuse implies such bluntness as makes one insensitive in perception or imagination.
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Obtuse is a antonym of dull. As adjectives the difference between dull and obtuse is that dull is lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp while obtuse is blunt; not sharp.
The difference between Dull and Obtuse. When used as verbs, dull means to render dull, whereas obtuse means to dull or reduce an emotion or a physical state. When used as adjectives, dull means lacking the ability to cut easily, whereas obtuse means .
Obtuse vs. Abstruse. Obtuse comes from a Latin word meaning "dull" or "blunt." It can describe a geometric angle that is not acute or a person who is mentally "dull." In addition, obtuse can mean "hard to comprehend." That meaning is probably from confusion with the similar-sounding abstruse.
Does obtuse add something that abstruse doesn’t when it's used to mean “difficult to comprehend?” Your answer might help decide whether using obtuse for something that makes you feel stupid is right for you.
Abstruse vs. obtuse. Abstruse— usually used in reference to the content of a written, sung, or spoken text—means difficult to understand. Obtuse means (1) not pointed (in reference to an object) or (2) simpleminded or imperceptive (in reference to a person).
Jan 11, 2014 · Obtuse comes from a Latin word meaning “blunt, dull, stupid.” “Obtuse angles” in geometry are not stupid; they are blunt. An angle “greater than 90 degrees and less than 180 degrees” is an obtuse angle.
Obtuse means 'dull', physically; it comes from the Latin verb obtundere, which means 'to beat against' something, i.e, to dull it.
