Dense vs. Obtuse — What's the Difference?

Closely compacted in substance

Annoyingly insensitive or slow to understand

(of a person) stupid

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

(of a text) hard to understand because of its complexity of ideas

Not sharp-pointed or sharp-edged; blunt

Having relatively high density.

Lacking quickness of perception or intellect.

Crowded closely together; compact

Characterized by a lack of intelligence or sensitivity

Hard to penetrate; thick

Not distinctly felt

Permitting little light to pass through, because of compactness of matter

Not sharp, pointed, or acute in form; blunt.

Opaque, with good contrast between light and dark areas. Used of a photographic negative.

Having an obtuse angle

Difficult to understand because of complexity or obscurity

(Botany) Having a blunt or rounded tip

Slow to apprehend; thickheaded.

; not sharp, pointed, or acute in form.

Having relatively high density.

Blunt, or rounded at the extremity.

Compact; crowded together.

Larger than one, and smaller than two right angles, or more than 90° and less than 180°.

Thick; difficult to penetrate.

, having an obtuse angle.

Opaque; allowing little light to pass through.

Intellectually dull or dim-witted.

Obscure, or difficult to understand.

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

Being a subset of a topological space that approximates the space well. See the Wikipedia article on dense sets for a mathematical definition.

Indirect or circuitous.

Slow to comprehend; of low intelligence.ADJ7

To dull or reduce an emotion or a physical state.

A thicket.

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

Having the constituent parts massed or crowded together; close; compact; thick; containing much matter in a small space; heavy; opaque; as, a dense crowd; a dense forest; a dense fog.

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

Stupid; gross; crass; as, dense ignorance.

Dull; deadened; as, obtuse sound.

Permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter;

Of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees

Closely crowded together;

Of a leaf shape; rounded at the apex

Hard to pass through because of dense growth;

Lacking in insight or discernment;

Having high relative density or specific gravity;

Slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity;

Slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity;