Difference between Obvious and Salient

OBVIOUS vs SALIENT: NOUN

A salient angle or part; a projection.
(military) the part of the line of battle that projects closest to the enemy
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.

Projecting or jutting beyond a line or surface; protruding.
Strikingly conspicuous; prominent. : noticeable.
Having a quality that thrusts itself into attention
(of angles) pointing outward at an angle of less than 180 degrees
Springing; jumping.
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 as leaping (rampant but leaning forward)
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.

Being or standing in the way; standing or placed in the front.
Open; exposed to danger or accident.
Coming in the way; presenting itself as to be done.
Easily discovered, seen, or understood; plain; manifest; evident; palpable.
In zoology, plainly distinguishable; quite apparent: as, an obvious mark; an obvious stria: opposed -to obscure or obsolete.
Easily perceived and understood

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.

Manifest, Demonstrable, Plain, Big, Perceptible, Egregious, Axiomatic, Palpable, Salient, Visible, Overt, Conspicuous, Glaring, Evident, Apparent

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

Manifest, Demonstrable, Plain, Big, Perceptible, Egregious, Axiomatic, Palpable, Salient, Visible, Overt, Conspicuous, Glaring, Evident, Apparent

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

Parks, for obvious reasons, were a mostimportant source.
The reason for its rapid adoption is obvious.
Nor, for that matter, is it always obvious.
In other words, obvious statements will be ineffective.
RPM are obvious because retail prices are observable, while defections from a wholesale price agreement are less obvious because wholesale prices are private information.
You have pointed out some of the obvious, and some of the not so obvious, problems inherent in dealing with the devil!
But what is obvious to one is NOT so obvious to another.
It would be confusing for listeners if obvious changes in input data do not correspond with obvious changes in sonification output.
Some of these things are obvious but still need to be listed, others are not so obvious, but essential nonetheless.
So it helps to have identified the more obvious and less obvious contrasting characteristics among the specimen before creating your dichotomous key.

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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