Explicit
Explicit adjective - So clearly expressed as to leave no doubt about the meaning.
Usage example: explicit instructions about what to do in an emergency
Nearby Word: explicitly
Obscure
Obscure adjective - Having an often intentionally veiled or uncertain meaning.
Usage example: a fantasy writer who likes to put lots of obscure references and images in her tales of wizards and warlocks
Explicit is an antonym for obscure in topics: abstruse, cloudy, out-of-the-way, not easily understood.
Both words in one sentence
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In the movie, he says he'll reinstate prima nocta instead; which is the same basic joke about using his authority to get women but simultaneously more obscure and more explicit.
Source: Film / Avengers: Age of Ultron - The Lord of the Rings films feature several nods to other books by Tolkien (though sometimes only in the EE): the allusions are much more explicit in the books, but in the films they can be easy to miss or obscure.
Source: Continuity Nod / Film
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