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Fuzzy vs Blurry - What's the difference?

fuzzy | blurry |

As adjectives the difference between fuzzy and blurry

is that fuzzy is covered with fuzz or a large number of tiny loose fibres like a carpet or many stuffed animals. Mentioned in the popular nursery rhyme Fuzzy wuzzy was a bear.blurry is not clear, crisp, or focused; having fuzzy edges.

As a noun fuzzy

is an individual flake of fuzzies.

fuzzy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Covered with fuzz or a large number of tiny loose fibres like a carpet or many stuffed animals. Mentioned in the popular nursery rhyme Fuzzy wuzzy was a bear.
  • Vague or imprecise.
    • My recollection of that event is fuzzy .
  • Not clear; unfocused.
    • I finally threw out a large stack of fuzzy photos.

    Derived terms

    * fuzzily * fuzziness * fuzzy logic * fuzzy mathematics * fuzzy set * fuzzy control * fuzzy concept * fuzzy relation

    Noun

    (fuzzies)
  • an individual flake of fuzzies
    • You've got a fuzzy on your coat.

    blurry

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (of an image) Not clear, crisp, or focused; having fuzzy edges.
    • If I take off my glasses, everything close up looks blurry .
  • (figuratively) not clear, not with well-defined boundaries.
    • It would seem that the line between flirting and sexual harrassment has become quite blurry.

    Derived terms

    * blurriness