Blur vs Sully - What's the difference?

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Blur is a related term of sully.

In lang=en terms the difference between blur and sully

is that blur is to become indistinct while sully is to become soiled or tarnished.

As verbs the difference between blur and sully

is that blur is to make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim while sully is to soil or stain; to dirty.

As a noun blur

is a smear, smudge or blot.

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

sully

English

Alternative forms

* (l)

Verb

to soil or stain; to dirty

He did not wish to sully his hands with gardening.

* Roscommon

statues sullied yet with sacrilegious smoke

to damage or corrupt

He did not wish to sully his reputation with an ill-mannered comment.

* Atterbury

no spots to sully the brightness of this solemnity

To become soiled or tarnished.

* Francis Bacon

Silvering will sully and canker more than gilding.