Difference between Obscure and Confuse

What is the difference between Obscure and Confuse?

Obscure as a verb is to darken, make faint etc. while Confuse as a verb is to thoroughly mix; to confound; to disorder.

Obscure

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To darken, make faint etc. To hide, put out of sight etc.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Dark, faint or indistinct. Hidden, out of sight or inconspicuous, Difficult to understand.

Example sentence: There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure the truth.

Confuse

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To thoroughly mix; to confound; to disorder.To rout; discomfit.To mix up; to puzzle; to bewilder.To make uneasy and ashamed; to embarrass.To mistake one thing for another.

Example sentence: Ants are so much like human beings as to be an embarrassment. They farm fungi, raise aphids as livestock, launch armies into war, use chemical sprays to alarm and confuse enemies, capture slaves, engage in child labour, exchange information ceaselessly. They do everything but watch television.

We hope you now know whether to use Obscure or Confuse in your sentence.

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