Difference between Conspicuous and Salient

CONSPICUOUS vs SALIENT: NOUN

(military) the part of the line of battle that projects closest to the enemy
A salient angle or part; a projection.
A projecting angle or part.
An outwardly projecting part of a fortification, trench system, or line of defense
A military position that projects into the position of the enemy.

Noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive.
Obvious or easy to notice.
Obvious to the mental eye; easily recognized; clearly defined; notable; prominent; eminent; distinguished.
Open to the view; obvious to the eye; easy to be seen; plainly visible; manifest; attracting the eye.
Attracting attention, as by being unusual or remarkable; noticeable. : noticeable.
Easy to notice; obvious.
Obvious to the eye or mind
Without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious

Springing; jumping.
Strikingly conspicuous; prominent. : noticeable.
Having a quality that thrusts itself into attention
(of angles) pointing outward at an angle of less than 180 degrees
Projecting or jutting beyond a line or surface; protruding.
Represented as leaping (rampant but leaning forward)
Projecting outwards, pointing outwards.
Depicted in a leaping posture.
Prominent.
Worthy of note; pertinent or relevant.
A polyhedron all of whose solid angles are salient.
A polygon all of whose angles are salient.
Represented in a leaping position.
Projecting outwardly; ; -- opposed to reëntering. See Illust. of Bastion.
Hence, figuratively, forcing itself on the attention; prominent; conspicuous; noticeable.
Shooting out or up; springing; projecting.
Moving by leaps or springs; leaping; bounding; jumping.
See Salient, a., 4.

Open to the view; catching the eye; easy to be seen; manifest.
Obvious to the mind; readily attracting or forcing itself upon the attention; clearly or extensively known, perceived, or understood; striking.
Hence Eminent; notable; distinguished: as, a man of conspicuous talents; a woman of conspicuous virtues.
Synonyms Illustrious, eminent, celebrated, remarkable, marked, notable.
Completely obvious

Leaping; bounding; jumping; moving by leaps; specifically, in herpetology, saltatorial; habitually leaping or jumping, as a frog or toad; of or pertaining to the Salientia.
In heraldry, leaping or springing: said of a beast of prey which is represented bendwise on the escutcheon, the hind feet together at the sinister base, and the fore paws raised and usually on a level, though sometimes separate, nearly as when rampant. Also saliant, assailant, effaré.
Shooting up or out; springing up.
Projecting outward; convex: as, a salient angle.
Standing out; conspicuous; prominent; striking.
In geometry, an angle bending toward the interior of a closed figure, as an ordinary angle of a polygon: opposed to reëntrant angle.

Spectacular, Unconcealed, Large, Egregious, Exhibitionistic, Marked, Salient, Obtrusive, Blatant, Prominent, Ostentatious, Obvious, Glaring, Noticeable, Visible

Overriding, Fundamental, Key, Notable, Glaring, Relevant, Important, Noteworthy, Outstanding, Spectacular, Striking, Inclined, Prominent, Conspicuous, Obvious

Spectacular, Unconcealed, Large, Egregious, Exhibitionistic, Marked, Salient, Obtrusive, Blatant, Prominent, Ostentatious, Obvious, Glaring, Noticeable, Visible

Overriding, Fundamental, Key, Notable, Glaring, Relevant, Important, Noteworthy, Outstanding, Spectacular, Striking, Inclined, Prominent, Conspicuous, Obvious

Standing out from the rest; noticeable; conspicuous; prominent.
Writ to a conspicuous part of the premises.
Embers standing guard around a conspicuously conspicuous tree.
Maladjustments to nature render physics conspicuous and unpleasant.
This was the most conspicuous merit of Napoleon.
SYN: Illustrious, noted, celebrated, conspicuous, eminent, marked, famous.
However, gaps the tail conspicuous, one posterior end.
If conspicuous consumption celebrates gratuitous spending, conspicuous production celebrates gratuitous working.
Conspicuous: this case was labeled conspicuous because it appears that multiple efforts were taken to hide the original UBO in the first transaction.
This in combination with the lack of conspicuous characteristics does not provide enough support for a conspicuous scenario.

DVHs and DTHs to quantify their salient features.
Mlalifiim a Se ret reserved cautious; contlileutial salient.
The gate may be preceded by a salient.
The proposed Consent Decree has several salient features.
Excursus: Salient Features of Iron Age Tribal Kingdoms.
Information that is emotionally salient tends to be remembered better than information that is not emotionally salient.
The results of the study revealed that higher salient items were reported more often and accurately than were lower salient items.
The more salient cue seemed to overshadow the less salient cue.
Rzhev salient into the Orel salient and was to advance from Maloarkhangelsk to Kursk.
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