Fuzz vs Fluff - What's the difference?
fuzz | fluff | Synonyms |
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:
Anything light, soft or fuzzy, especially fur, hair, feathers.
Anything inconsequential or superficial.
Lapse, especially a mistake in an actor’s lines.
(label) marshmallow creme
(label) A passive partner in a lesbian relationship.
(Australia, euphemistic) A fart.
To make something fluffy.
To become fluffy.
(transitive, intransitive, of an actor or announcer) To make a mistake in one’s lines
To do incorrectly, for example mishit, miskick, miscue etc.
* {{quote-news
, year=2012
, date=June 19
, author=Phil McNulty
, title=England 1-0 Ukraine
, work=BBC Sport
(intransitive, Australia, euphemistic) To fart.
Fluff is a synonym of fuzz.
In transitive terms the difference between fuzz and fluff
is that fuzz is to make fuzzy while fluff is to do incorrectly, for example mishit, miskick, miscue etc.In intransitive terms the difference between fuzz and fluff
is that fuzz is to become fuzzy while fluff is to become fluffy.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
fluff
English
Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* fuzz, puff * (anything inconsequential or superficial) BS, cruft, hype, all talk * (a lapse) blooper, blunder, boo-boo, defect, error, fault, faux pas, gaffe, lapse, mistake, slip, stumble, thinko * (passive in a lesbian relationship) ruffle * See alsoDerived terms
* fluffySee also
* dust * lint * plumageVerb
(en verb)- The cat fluffed its tail.
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