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12I don't know -- "non-transparent" would be more likely to be confused with "translucent" than "opaque" would.– Hot LicksCommented Jan 29, 2015 at 20:34
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How can you confuse NON-transparent with translucent?– user66974Commented Jan 29, 2015 at 20:36
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If you told someone you had two pieces of glass, one "non-transparent" and one "opaque", I'm guessing that most would pick the second as obscuring things better.– Hot LicksCommented Jan 29, 2015 at 20:40
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1@Josh The ambiguity is that some people use ‘opaque’ to mean ‘preventing light from getting through (but not necessarily 100% of it)’. Something like ‘completely opaque’ cannot possibly make any sense unless you interpret the completely as reinforcing the blocking of the light, making it unambiguously mean ‘preventing any light whatsoever from getting through’. ‘Totally translucent’ makes absolutely no sense to me, like saying something is ‘completely semi-transparent’, whereas ‘completely opaque’ is perfectly understandable and unambiguous.– Janus Bahs JacquetCommented Jan 29, 2015 at 21:44
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1Referring to an opaque object as "non-transparent" is like referring to forks as "non-spoons"; not inaccurate, but also not useful.– bcristCommented Jan 30, 2015 at 2:55
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