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Obvious vs. Evident — What's the Difference?

Obvious vs. Evident — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Obvious and Evident

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Obvious

Easily perceived or understood; clear, self-evident, or apparent
Unemployment has been the most obvious cost of the recession
It was obvious a storm was coming in

Evident

Easily perceived or understood; obvious.

Obvious

Easily perceived or understood; apparent.

Evident

Obviously true by simple observation.
It was evident she was angry, after she slammed the door.

Obvious

Easily seen through because of a lack of subtlety; transparent
An obvious political ploy that fooled no one.
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Evident

Clear to the vision; especially, clear to the understanding, and satisfactory to the judgment; as, the figure or color of a body is evident to the senses; the guilt of an offender can not always be made evident.
Your honor and your goodness is so evident.
And in our faces evident the signsOf foul concupiscence.

Obvious

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

Evident

Clearly apparent or obvious to the mind or senses;
The effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields
Evident hostility
Manifest disapproval
Patent advantages
Made his meaning plain
It is plain that he is no reactionary
In plain view

Obvious

Opposing; fronting.
To the evil turnMy obvious breast.

Evident

Capable of being seen or noticed;
A discernible change in attitude
A clearly evident erasure in the manuscript
An observable change in behavior

Obvious

Exposed; subject; open; liable.

Obvious

Easily discovered, seen, or understood; readily perceived by the eye or the intellect; plain; evident; apparent; as, an obvious meaning; an obvious remark.
Apart and easy to be known they lie,Amidst the heap, and obvious to the eye.

Obvious

Easily perceived or understood;
Obvious errors

Obvious

Easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind;
A perceptible sense of expectation in the court
An obvious (or palpable) lie

Obvious

Obvious to the eye or mind;
A tower conspicuous at a great distance
Wore conspicuous neckties
Made herself conspicuous by her exhibitionistic preening

Obvious

Obvious to the eye;
A visible change of expression

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