The difference between Muffled and Obtuse

When used as adjectives, muffled means stifled or covered up, whereas obtuse means .


Obtuse is also verb with the meaning: to dull or reduce an emotion or a physical state.

check bellow for the other definitions of Muffled and Obtuse

  1. Muffled as a verb:

  1. Muffled as an adjective (of a sound):

    Stifled or covered up; diminished by interference.

  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.