Debuff vs Nerf - What's the difference?
debuff | nerf |
(auto racing) To bump lightly, whether accidentally or purposefully.
(slang) to water down, dumb down or especially weaken, particularly in video games.
As verbs the difference between debuff and nerf
is that debuff is to make a character weaker while nerf is to bump lightly, whether accidentally or purposefully.As a noun debuff
is an effect that makes a game character weaker; a negative status effect.nerf
English
(NERF)Etymology 1
From automobile racing; to bump another car (ca. 1950s?).Verb
(en verb)- A racer will often nerf another as a psychological tactic.
Derived terms
* nerf bar * nerf netEtymology 2
From the trademark NERF (an abbreviation of "non-expanding recreational foam"), a range of toys made of soft foam, ineffective as actual weapons (1969).Verb
(en verb)- The lightning spell was pretty powerful before they nerfed it.
