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Blurred vs Bleared - What's the difference?

blurred | bleared |

As verbs the difference between blurred and bleared

is that blurred is (blur) while bleared is (blear).

As an adjective blurred

is out of focus; partially obscured; smudged.

blurred

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Out of focus; partially obscured; smudged.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (blur)

    • See also

    * blurry

    bleared

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (blear)

    • Anagrams

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    blear

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (of eyes or vision) dim, unclear from water or rheum.
  • * Charles Dickens
    • His blear eyes ran in gutters to his chin.
  • * 1981 , John Gardner, Freddy's Book , Abacus 1982, p. 74:
    • The Devil, now disguised as a half-wit peasant to Lars-Goren's left, stood grinning, his blear eyes glittering.
  • Causing or caused by dimness of sight.
  • * Milton
    • Power to cheat the eye with blear illusion.

    See also

    * bleary

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make blurred or dim, especially the eyes.

    • Anagrams

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