The difference between Clear and Obtuse

When used as verbs, clear means to remove obstructions or impediments from, whereas obtuse means to dull or reduce an emotion or a physical state.

When used as adjectives, clear means transparent in colour, whereas obtuse means .

Clear is also noun with the meaning: full extent.

Clear is also adverb with the meaning: all the way.

check bellow for the other definitions of Clear and Obtuse

  1. Clear as an adjective:

    Transparent in colour.

    Examples:

    "as clear as crystal"

  2. Clear as an adjective:

    Bright, not dark or obscured.

    Examples:

    "The windshield was clear and clean."

    "Congress passed the President’s Clear Skies legislation."

  3. Clear as an adjective:

    Free of obstacles.

    Examples:

    "The driver had mistakenly thought the intersection was clear."

    "The coast is clear."

  4. Clear as an adjective:

    Without clouds.

    Examples:

    "'clear weather;  a clear day"

  5. Clear as an adjective (meteorology):

    Of the sky, such that less than one eighth of its area is obscured by clouds.

  6. Clear as an adjective:

    Free of ambiguity or doubt.

    Examples:

    "He gave clear instructions not to bother him at work."

    "Do I make myself clear? Crystal clear."

    "I'm still not quite clear on what some of these words mean."

  7. Clear as an adjective:

    Distinct, sharp, well-marked.

  8. Clear as an adjective (figuratively):

    Free of guilt, or suspicion.

    Examples:

    "a clear conscience"

  9. Clear as an adjective (of a [[soup]]):

    Without a thickening ingredient.

  10. Clear as an adjective:

    Possessing little or no perceptible stimulus.

    Examples:

    "'clear of texture; clear of odor"

  11. Clear as an adjective (Scientology):

    Free from the influence of engrams; see .

  12. Clear as an adjective:

    Able to perceive clearly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating.

    Examples:

    "a clear intellect;  a clear head"

  13. Clear as an adjective:

    Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful.

  14. Clear as an adjective:

    Easily or distinctly heard; audible.

  15. Clear as an adjective:

    Unmixed; entirely pure.

    Examples:

    "'clear sand"

  16. Clear as an adjective:

    Without defects or blemishes, such as freckles or knots.

    Examples:

    "a clear complexion;  clear lumber"

  17. Clear as an adjective:

    Without diminution; in full; net.

    Examples:

    "a clear profit"

  1. Clear as an adverb:

    All the way; entirely.

    Examples:

    "I threw it clear across the river to the other side."

  2. Clear as an adverb:

    Not near something or touching it.

    Examples:

    "Stand clear of the rails, a train is coming."

  3. Clear as an adverb:

    free (or separate) from others

  4. Clear as an adverb (obsolete):

    In a clear manner; plainly.

  1. Clear as a verb (transitive):

    To remove obstructions or impediments from.

  2. Clear as a verb (ergative):

    To become freed from obstructions.

    Examples:

    "When the road cleared we continued our journey."

  3. Clear as a verb (transitive):

    To eliminate ambiguity or doubt from a matter; to clarify; especially, to clear up.

  4. Clear as a verb (transitive):

    To remove from suspicion, especially of having committed a crime.

    Examples:

    "The court cleared the man of murder."

  5. Clear as a verb (transitive):

    To pass without interference; to miss.

    Examples:

    "The door just barely clears the table as it closes.  nowrap The leaping horse easily cleared the hurdles."

  6. Clear as a verb (intransitive):

    To become clear.

    Examples:

    "After a heavy rain, the sky cleared nicely for the evening."

  7. Clear as a verb (intransitive):

    Of a check or financial transaction, to go through as payment; to be processed so that the money is transferred.

    Examples:

    "The check might not clear for a couple of days."

  8. Clear as a verb (transitive, business):

    To earn a profit of; to net.

    Examples:

    "He's been clearing seven thousand a week."

  9. Clear as a verb (transitive):

    To obtain permission to use (a sample of copyrighted audio) in another track.

  10. Clear as a verb:

    To disengage oneself from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free.

  11. Clear as a verb:

    To obtain a clearance.

    Examples:

    "The steamer cleared for Liverpool today."

  12. Clear as a verb (sports):

    To defend by hitting (or kicking, throwing, heading etc.) the ball (or puck) from the defending goal.

  13. Clear as a verb:

    To fell all trees of a forest.

  14. Clear as a verb (transitive, computing):

    To reset or unset; to return to an empty state or to zero.

    Examples:

    "to clear an array;  nowrap to clear a single bit (binary digit) in a value"

  15. Clear as a verb (computing, transitive):

    To style (an element within a document) so that it is not permitted to float at a given position.

  1. Clear as a noun (carpentry):

    Full extent; distance between extreme limits; especially; the distance between the nearest surfaces of two bodies, or the space between walls.

    Examples:

    "a room ten feet square in the clear"

  2. Clear as a noun (cryptology):

    State of being unenciphered. (In the clear: Not enciphered.)

  1. Obtuse as an adjective (now, chiefly, botany, zoology):

    ; not sharp, pointed, or acute in form. Blunt, or rounded at the extremity. One that is larger than one and smaller than two right angles, or more than 90 and less than 180. , having an obtuse angle.

  2. Obtuse as an adjective:

    Intellectually dull or dim-witted.

  3. Obtuse as an adjective:

    Of sound, etc.: deadened, muffled, muted.

  4. Obtuse as an adjective:

    Indirect or circuitous.

  1. Obtuse as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To dull or reduce an emotion or a physical state.

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