The difference between Obtuse and Thick
When used as verbs, obtuse means to dull or reduce an emotion or a physical state, whereas thick means to thicken.
When used as adjectives, obtuse means , whereas thick means relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.
Thick is also noun with the meaning: the thickest, or most active or intense, part of something.
Thick is also adverb with the meaning: in a thick manner.
check bellow for the other definitions of Obtuse and Thick
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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.
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Obtuse as an adjective:
Intellectually dull or dim-witted.
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Obtuse as an adjective:
Of sound, etc.: deadened, muffled, muted.
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Obtuse as an adjective:
Indirect or circuitous.
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Obtuse as a verb (transitive, obsolete):
To dull or reduce an emotion or a physical state.
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Thick as an adjective:
Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.
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Thick as an adjective:
Measuring a certain number of units in this dimension.
Examples:
"I want some planks that are two inches thick."
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Thick as an adjective:
Heavy in build; thickset.
Examples:
"He had such a thick neck that he had to turn his body to look to the side."
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Thick as an adjective:
Densely crowded or packed.
Examples:
"We walked through thick undergrowth."
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Thick as an adjective:
Having a viscous consistency.
Examples:
"My mum’s gravy was thick but at least it moved about."
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Thick as an adjective:
Abounding in number.
Examples:
"The room was thick with reporters."
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Thick as an adjective:
Impenetrable to sight.
Examples:
"We drove through thick fog."
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Thick as an adjective:
Difficult to understand, or poorly articulated.
Examples:
"We had difficulty understanding him with his thick accent."
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Thick as an adjective (informal):
Stupid.
Examples:
"He was as thick as two short planks."
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Thick as an adjective (informal):
Friendly or intimate.
Examples:
"They were as thick as thieves."
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Thick as an adjective:
Deep, intense, or profound.
Examples:
"'Thick darkness."
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Thick as an adjective (UK, dated):
troublesome; unreasonable
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Thick as an adjective (slang, mostly, of women):
Curvy and voluptuous, and especially having large hips.
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Thick as an adverb:
In a thick manner.
Examples:
"Snow lay thick on the ground."
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Thick as an adverb:
Frequently or numerously.
Examples:
"The arrows flew thick and fast around us."
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Thick as a noun:
The thickest, or most active or intense, part of something.
Examples:
"It was mayhem in the thick of battle."
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Thick as a noun:
A thicket.
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Thick as a noun (slang):
A stupid person; a fool.
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Thick as a verb (archaic, transitive):
To thicken.
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