obfuscation vs muddiness

obfuscation and muddiness both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
obfuscation	Yes	No	No	No
muddiness	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, muddiness is a hypernym of obfuscation; that is, muddiness is a word with a broader meaning than obfuscation:

obfuscation: confusion resulting from failure to understand
muddiness: a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior

Other hypernyms of obfuscation include confusedness, confusion, disarray, mental confusion.

obfuscation (noun)	muddiness (noun)
the activity of obscuring people's understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered	the quality of being cloudy
darkening or obscuring the sight of something	a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior
confusion resulting from failure to understand	the wetness of ground that is covered or soaked with water