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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