Intrude vs. Obtrude — What's the Difference?

Put oneself deliberately into a place or situation where one is unwelcome or uninvited

To impose (oneself or one's ideas) on others with undue insistence or without invitation.

(of igneous rock) be forced or thrust into (an existing formation)

To thrust out; push forward.

To put or force in inappropriately, especially without invitation, fitness, or permission

To impose oneself on others.

(Geology) To thrust (molten rock) into preexisting rock.

(transitive) To proffer (something) by force; to impose (something) on someone or into some area.

To come in rudely or inappropriately; enter as an improper or unwanted element

(intransitive) To become apparent in an unwelcome way, to be forcibly imposed; to jut in, to intrude (on or into).

(intransitive) To thrust oneself in; to come or enter without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass.

(reflexive) To impose (oneself) on others; to cut in.

(transitive) To force in.

To thrust impertinently; to present to a person without warrant or solicitation; as, to obtrude one's self upon a company; to obtrude one's opinion on another.

To thrust one's self in; to come or go in without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass; as, to intrude on families at unseasonable hours; to intrude on the lands of another.

To offer with unreasonable importunity; to urge unduly or against the will.

To thrust or force (something) in or upon; especially, to force (one's self) in without leave or welcome; as, to intrude one's presence into a conference; to intrude one's opinions upon another.

To thrust one's self upon a company or upon attention; to intrude.

To enter by force; to invade.

Push to thrust outward

The cause to enter or force a way, as into the crevices of rocks.

Thrust oneself in as if by force;

Enter uninvited;

Enter unlawfully on someone's property;

Thrust oneself in as if by force;