General and Obscure

General

General adjective - Belonging or relating to the whole.

Obscure and general are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Obscure" instead an adjective "General".

Obscure

Obscure adjective - Having an often intentionally veiled or uncertain meaning.

General and obscure are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "General" instead an adjective "Obscure".

Both words in one sentence

  • Critical Dissonance John Zorn: Similarly to Zappa Zorn is a critic’s darling for his Genre Roulette style, but literally obscure to the general public.
  • Similarly, Yi Seonggye was just a obscure border general dismissed as a country bumpkin by the nobility.
  • The Transformers Wiki in general applies this by listing continuity errors within episodes, even pointing out obscure Mythology Gags.
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