Blur vs Slur - What's the difference?

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In obsolete terms the difference between blur and slur

is that blur is a moral stain or blot while slur is a trick or deception.

As verbs the difference between blur and slur

is that blur is to make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim while slur is to insult or slight.

As nouns the difference between blur and slur

is that blur is a smear, smudge or blot while slur is an insult or slight.

blur

English

(wikipedia blur)

Verb

To make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim.

to blur a photograph by moving the camera while taking it

To smear, stain or smudge.

to blur a manuscript by handling it while damp

To become indistinct.

To cause imperfection of vision in; to dim; to darken.

* J. R. Drake

Her eyes are blurred with the lightning's glare.

To sully; to stain; to blemish, as reputation.

* Hudibras

Sarcasms may eclipse thine own, / But cannot blur my lost renown.

Noun

(en noun)

A smear, smudge or blot

Something that appears hazy or indistinct

* {{quote-book, year=1907, author=

, title=The Dust of Conflict , chapter=26 citation , passage=Maccario, it was evident, did not care to take the risk of blundering upon a picket, and a man led them by twisting paths until at last the hacienda rose blackly before them. Appleby could see it dimly, a blur of shadowy buildings with the ridge of roof parapet alone cutting hard and sharp against the clearing sky.}}

* {{quote-news, year=2012

, date=June 29 , author=Kevin Mitchell , title=Roger Federer back from Wimbledon 2012 brink to beat Julien Benneteau , work=the Guardian citation , page= , passage=The fightback when it came was in the Federer fashion: unfussy, filled with classy strokes from the back with perfectly timed interventions at the net that confounded his opponent. The third set passed in a bit of a blur , the fourth, which led to the second tie-break, was the most dramatic of the match. }}

(obsolete) A moral stain or blot.

* Udall

Lest she will with her railing set a great blur on mine honesty and good name.

Derived terms

* motion blur

Anagrams

slur

English

Noun

(en noun)

An insult or slight.

(music) A set of notes that are played legato, without separate articulation.

(music) The symbol indicating a legato passage, written as an arc over the slurred notes (not to be confused with a tie).

(obsolete) A trick or deception.

In knitting machines, a device for depressing the sinkers successively by passing over them.

Verb

(slurr)

To insult or slight.

(Tennyson)

To run together; to articulate poorly.

*{{quote-magazine, date=2014-04-21, volume=411, issue=8884, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= Subtle effects , passage=Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese, a silvery metal, began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated.}}

(label) To play legato or without separate articulation; to connect (notes) smoothly.

(Busby)

To soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace.

(Cudworth)

To cover over; to disguise; to conceal; to pass over lightly or with little notice.

* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)

With periods, points, and tropes, he slurs his crimes.

To cheat, as by sliding a die; to trick.

* 1662 , , (Hudibras)

to slur men of what they fought for

To blur or double, as an impression from type; to mackle.

Derived terms

* slur over