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Blurry vs Defocus - What's the difference?

blurry | defocus |

As an adjective blurry

is (of an image) not clear, crisp, or focused; having fuzzy edges.

As a verb defocus is

to deliberately cause a lens, or a beam of light or particles, to be out of focus.

blurry

English

Adjective

(er)
  • (of an image) Not clear, crisp, or focused; having fuzzy edges.
    • If I take off my glasses, everything close up looks blurry .
  • (figuratively) not clear, not with well-defined boundaries.
    • It would seem that the line between flirting and sexual harrassment has become quite blurry.

    Derived terms

    * blurriness

    defocus

    English

    Verb

  • To deliberately cause a lens, or a beam of light or particles, to be out of focus

    • Anagrams

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