Filmy vs Nebulous - What's the difference?
filmy | nebulous | Related terms |
Resembling or made of a thin film; gauzy
Covered by (or as if by) a film; hazy
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In the form of a cloud or haze; hazy.
Vague or ill-defined.
* 1915 , Arthur Conan Doyle, The Valley of Fear
Relating to a nebula or nebulae.
Filmy is a related term of nebulous.
As adjectives the difference between filmy and nebulous
is that filmy is resembling or made of a thin film; gauzy while nebulous is in the form of a cloud or haze; hazy.filmy
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Adjective
(er)nebulous
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Adjective
(en adjective)- The magistrate could not possibly, on the evidence, have held them for a higher court. On the one hand the compositors and pressmen were forced to admit that the light was uncertain, that they were themselves much perturbed, and that it was difficult for them to swear to the identity of the assailants; although they believed that the accused were among them. Cross examined by the clever attorney who had been engaged by McGinty, they were even more nebulous in their evidence.
