One person’s subjective opinion here, but I think “rare” sounds much nicer than “obscure” (and less weird!). Being offered a “rare” food makes me think “cool, special, unusual, this might be the only chance I get to eat this for years.” Being offered an “obscure” food makes me think “if this is supposed to taste good, why is it so obscure?”
I agree re: “rare” v “obscure”. “Obscure” to me means weird (in a negative way) in addition to uncommon. “Rare” just means uncommon. Diamonds (non-synthesized) are valued highly because they’re seen as rare, for example. People don’t use the word “obscure” to describe diamonds.
That said, neither word may turn out to be good to use in advertising.
One person’s subjective opinion here, but I think “rare” sounds much nicer than “obscure” (and less weird!). Being offered a “rare” food makes me think “cool, special, unusual, this might be the only chance I get to eat this for years.” Being offered an “obscure” food makes me think “if this is supposed to taste good, why is it so obscure?”
I agree re: “rare” v “obscure”. “Obscure” to me means weird (in a negative way) in addition to uncommon. “Rare” just means uncommon. Diamonds (non-synthesized) are valued highly because they’re seen as rare, for example. People don’t use the word “obscure” to describe diamonds.
That said, neither word may turn out to be good to use in advertising.
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