The difference between Muddle and Obfuscate

When used as verbs, muddle means to mix together, to mix up, whereas obfuscate means to make dark.


Muddle is also noun with the meaning: a mixture.

Obfuscate is also adjective with the meaning: obfuscated.

check bellow for the other definitions of Muddle and Obfuscate

  1. Muddle as a verb:

    To mix together, to mix up; to confuse.

    Examples:

    "Young children tend to muddle their words."

    "rfquotek F. W. Newman"

  2. Muddle as a verb:

    To mash slightly for use in a cocktail.

    Examples:

    "He muddled the mint sprigs in the bottom of the glass."

  3. Muddle as a verb:

    To dabble in mud.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Jonathan Swift"

  4. Muddle as a verb:

    To make turbid or muddy.

  5. Muddle as a verb:

    To think and act in a confused, aimless way.

  6. Muddle as a verb:

    To cloud or stupefy; to render stupid with liquor; to intoxicate partially.

  7. Muddle as a verb:

    To waste or misuse, as one does who is stupid or intoxicated.

  1. Muddle as a noun:

    A mixture; a confusion; a garble.

    Examples:

    "The muddle of nervous speech he uttered did not have much meaning."

  2. Muddle as a noun (cooking, and, [[cocktail]]s):

    A mixture of crushed ingredients, as prepared with a muddler.

  1. Obfuscate as a verb:

    To make dark; overshadow

  2. Obfuscate as a verb:

    To deliberately make more confusing in order to conceal the truth.

    Examples:

    "Before leaving the scene, the murderer set a fire to obfuscate any evidence of his or her identity."

  3. Obfuscate as a verb (computing):

    To alter code while preserving its behavior but concealing its structure and intent.

    Examples:

    "We need to obfuscate these classes before we ship the final release."

  1. Obfuscate as an adjective (obsolete):

    Obfuscated; darkened; obscured.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Sir. T. Elyot"