The difference between Obvious and Opaque

When used as adjectives, obvious means easily discovered, seen, or understood, whereas opaque means neither reflecting nor emitting light.

Opaque is also noun with the meaning: an area of darkness.

Opaque is also verb with the meaning: to make, render (more) opaque.

check bellow for the other definitions of Obvious and Opaque

  1. Obvious as an adjective:

    Easily discovered, seen, or understood; self-explanatory.

  1. Opaque as an adjective:

    Neither reflecting nor emitting light.

  2. Opaque as an adjective:

    Allowing little light to pass through, not translucent or transparent.

  3. Opaque as an adjective (figuratively):

    Unclear, unintelligible, hard to get or explain the meaning of

  4. Opaque as an adjective (figuratively):

    Obtuse, stupid.

  5. Opaque as an adjective (computing):

    Describes a type for which higher-level callers have no knowledge of data values or their representations; all operations are carried out by the type's defined abstract operators.

  1. Opaque as a noun (obsolete, poetic):

    An area of darkness; a place or region with no light.

  2. Opaque as a noun:

    Something which is opaque rather than translucent.

  1. Opaque as a verb (transitive):

    To make, render (more) opaque.

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