The phrase "an obscuring of the differences" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing situations where distinctions or variations are being hidden or made less clear.
Example: "The new policy resulted in an obscuring of the differences between the various departments, leading to confusion among employees."
Alternatives: "a blurring of the distinctions" or "a masking of the differences."
In Strauss's words: "the root of all modern darkness from the seventeenth century on is the obscuring of the difference between theory and praxis, an obscuring that first leads to a reduction of praxis to theory (this is the meaning of so-called [modern] rationalism) and then, in retaliation, to the rejection of theory in the name of praxis that is no longer intelligible as praxis" (FPP, p. 66).
The venom late in the campaign, which dominated each candidate's television advertising, tended to obscure some of the differences they had over policy questions.
As the inclusion of this genotype in the comparative transcriptomic analysis might obscure some of the differences between climacteric and non-climacteric varieties, we analysed differentially expressed genes between only one variety of each ripening type, Ved and PS, to see if this might reveal more clearly genes that are specifically associated with climacteric or non-climacteric ripening.
Thus, the characteristics of a group can obscure the differences between the individuals in it.
At the same time, while applying "metaphysics" to both European and Chinese thought is more inclusive, it also obscures the depth of the differences between the two.
Since D. serido was apparently causing so much of the overall CHC variation and obscuring the differences between the other species, we performed a second CDF analysis excluding all four D. serido populations (Additional File 6: Table S3).
It is worth noting that the low-temperature TRPL measurements presented in this work were performed at a relatively low excitation power density (3 W/cm2) to minimize the saturation of the localized states[21], which can obscure the differences between the samples annealed at different temperatures.
"People may think identifying someone as multiracial obscures the differences.
Warning people about the insignificant toxicity of coffee obscures the difference between the trivially and the truly dangerous.
