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Fuzzy vs Fluff - What's the difference?

fuzzy | fluff |

As nouns the difference between fuzzy and fluff

is that fuzzy is an individual flake of fuzzies while fluff is anything light, soft or fuzzy, especially fur, hair, feathers.

As an adjective 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.

As a verb fluff is

to make something fluffy.

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.

    fluff

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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.

    • 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 also

    Derived terms

    * fluffy

    See also

    * dust * lint * plumage

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make something fluffy.
    • The cat fluffed its tail.
  • 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 citation , page= , passage=Either side of Rooney's fluffed chance, it was a tale of Ukrainian domination as they attacked England down both flanks and showed the greater fluidity of the teams.}}
  • (intransitive, Australia, euphemistic) To fart.

    • Derived terms

    * fluffer * fluff up * fluff girl English onomatopoeias ----