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Blurred vs Fuzzy - What's the difference?

blurred | fuzzy |

As adjectives the difference between blurred and fuzzy

is that blurred is out of focus; partially obscured; smudged while fuzzy is covered with fuzz or a large number of tiny loose fibres like a carpet or many stuffed animals. Mentioned in the popular nursery rhyme Fuzzy wuzzy was a bear.

As a verb blurred

is past tense of blur.

As a noun fuzzy is

an individual flake of fuzzies.

blurred

English

Adjective

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

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (blur)

    • See also

    * blurry

    fuzzy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Covered with fuzz or a large number of tiny loose fibres like a carpet or many stuffed animals. Mentioned in the popular nursery rhyme Fuzzy wuzzy was a bear.
  • Vague or imprecise.
    • My recollection of that event is fuzzy .
  • Not clear; unfocused.
    • I finally threw out a large stack of fuzzy photos.

    Derived terms

    * fuzzily * fuzziness * fuzzy logic * fuzzy mathematics * fuzzy set * fuzzy control * fuzzy concept * fuzzy relation

    Noun

    (fuzzies)
  • an individual flake of fuzzies
    • You've got a fuzzy on your coat.