Fuzz vs Fur - What's the difference?
fuzz | fur |
A frizzy mass of hair or fibre.
* 1895 , Hamlin Garland, Rose of Dutcher's Coolly , page 352:
A blurred image.
(computing) The random data used in fuzz testing.
(obsolete) A state of befuddlement.
* 1784 , Jonathan Swift, "Journal to Stella", The works of the Rev. Dr. Jonathan Swift , page 54:
To make fuzzy.
To become fuzzy.
(dated) To make drunk.
The police.
* 2009 , , 0:26:17:
Hairy coat of various mammal species, especially: when fine, soft and thick.
Hairy skin of an animal processed into clothing for humans.
* Lady M. W. Montagu
A pelt used to make, trim or line clothing apparel.
A coating, lining resembling fur in function and/or appearance.
# A thick pile of fabric.
# The soft, downy covering on the skin of a peach.
# The deposit formed on the interior of boilers and other vessels by hard water.
# The layer of epithelial debris on a tongue.
(heraldry) One of several patterns or diapers used as tinctures.
A furry; a member of the furry subculture.
* 2006 , Shari Caudron, Who Are You People?
(vulgar, slang) Pubic hair.
(vulgar, slang) Sexual attractiveness.
To cover with fur.
In transitive terms the difference between fuzz and fur
is that fuzz is to make fuzzy while fur is to cover with fur.As a proper noun Fur is
one of a Nilo-Saharan people of western Sudan.fuzz
English
(wikipedia fuzz)Etymology 1
* Some dictionaries suggest a Germanic source * Some dictionaries suggest aNoun
- His cheeks were like peaches, with much the same sort of fuzz over them.
- I think I'm in a fuzz , and don't know what I ?ay, I never ?aw the like.
Verb
(es)- (Wood)
Etymology 2
UnknownNoun
(-)- Let's get the hell out of here before the fuzz turns up
fur
English
Noun
(en noun)- wrapped up in my furs
- "You want to know what brings furries together?" she asks. "Furs are here because they don't fit in anywhere else. For real furs, this is the only place they feel comfortable."