Blur vs Disappear - What's the difference?
blur | disappear |
To make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim.
To smear, stain or smudge.
To become indistinct.
To cause imperfection of vision in; to dim; to darken.
* J. R. Drake
To sully; to stain; to blemish, as reputation.
* Hudibras
A smear, smudge or blot
Something that appears hazy or indistinct
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(obsolete) A moral stain or blot.
* Udall
(label) To vanish.
(label) To make vanish.
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In intransitive terms the difference between blur and disappear
is that blur is to become indistinct while disappear is to go away; to become lost.As verbs the difference between blur and disappear
is that blur is to make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim while disappear is to vanish.As a noun blur
is a smear, smudge or blot.blur
English
(wikipedia blur)Verb
- to blur a photograph by moving the camera while taking it
- to blur a manuscript by handling it while damp
- Her eyes are blurred with the lightning's glare.
- Sarcasms may eclipse thine own, / But cannot blur my lost renown.
Noun
(en noun)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.}}
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. }}
- Lest she will with her railing set a great blur on mine honesty and good name.
Derived terms
* motion blurAnagrams
*disappear
English
Verb
(en verb)Catch 22: A Dramatization, genre=Fiction, publisher=Delacorte Press, passage="Did they disappear' him?" / "I don’t know." / "What will you do if they decide to ' disappear you?"}}
F. E. Penny
Pulling the Strings, passage=A turban and loincloth soaked in blood had been found; also a staff. These properties were known to have belonged to a toddy drawer. He had disappeared .}}