Abstruse vs. Obtuse

Abstruseadjective

Difficult to comprehend or understand.

Abstruseadjective

(obsolete) Concealed or hidden out of the way; secret.

Abstruseadjective

Concealed or hidden out of the way.

Abstruseadjective

Remote from apprehension; difficult to be comprehended or understood; recondite; as, abstruse learning.

Abstruseadjective

difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge;

Abstruseadjective

difficult to understand; obscure

Obtuseadjective

; not sharp, pointed, or acute in form.

Obtuseadjective

Blunt, or rounded at the extremity.

Obtuseadjective

One that is larger than one and smaller than two right angles, or more than 90° and less than 180°.

Obtuseadjective

, having an obtuse angle.

Obtuseadjective

Intellectually dull or dim-witted.

Obtuseadjective

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

Obtuseadjective

Indirect or circuitous.

Obtuseverb

To dull or reduce an emotion or a physical state.

Obtuseadjective

Not pointed or acute; blunt; - applied esp. to angles greater than a right angle, or containing more than ninety degrees.

Obtuseadjective

Not having acute sensibility or perceptions; not alert, especially to the feelings of others; dull; stupid; as, obtuse senses.

Obtuseadjective

Dull; deadened; as, obtuse sound.

Obtuseadjective

of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees

Obtuseadjective

of a leaf shape; rounded at the apex

Obtuseadjective

lacking in insight or discernment;

Obtuseadjective

slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity;

Obtuseadjective

annoyingly insensitive or slow to understand

Obtuseadjective

difficult to understand, especially deliberately so

Obtuseadjective

(of an angle) more than 90° and less than 180°

Obtuseadjective

not sharp-pointed or sharp-edged; blunt