Fuzzy vs Nap - What's the difference?
fuzzy | nap |
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.
Not clear; unfocused.
an individual flake of fuzzies
to have a nap; to sleep for a short period of time, especially during the day
to be off one's guard
* Hudibras
A soft or fuzzy surface on fabric or leather.
* 1591 , , by William Shakespeare
*1851 ,
* 1939 , (Raymond Chandler), The Big Sleep , Penguin 2011, p. 37:
to form or raise a soft or fuzzy surface on (fabric or leather)
(British) A type of bet in British horse racing, based on the experts' best tips
(uncountable, games) A card game in which players take tricks; properly (Napoleon)
(obsolete) to grab; to nab
(cooking) To cover (something) with a sauce (usually in passive)
* 2006 , Wayne Gisslen, Mary Ellen Griffin, Professional Cooking for Canadian Chefs? :
As nouns the difference between fuzzy and nap
is that fuzzy is an individual flake of fuzzies while nap is a short period of sleep, especially one during the day or nap can be a soft or fuzzy surface on fabric or leather or nap can be (british) a type of bet in british horse racing, based on the experts' best tips.As a 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 nap is
to have a nap; to sleep for a short period of time, especially during the day or nap can be to form or raise a soft or fuzzy surface on (fabric or leather) or nap can be (obsolete) to grab; to nab or nap can be (cooking) to cover (something) with a sauce (usually in passive).fuzzy
English
Adjective
(er)- My recollection of that event is fuzzy .
- 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 relationNoun
(fuzzies)- You've got a fuzzy on your coat.
nap
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) nappen, from (etyl) ).Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* catnap * dirt napSee also
See for collocations of napVerb
(napp)- I took thee napping , unprepared.
- The regulators were caught napping by the financial collapse.
Derived terms
* catch nappingSynonyms
* snooze * dozeEtymology 2
From (etyl) , from (etyl)Noun
(-)- I tell thee, Jack Cade the clothier means to dress the commonwealth, and turn it, and set a new nap upon it.
- On his long, gaunt body, he carried no spare flesh, no superfluous beard, his chin having a soft, economical nap' to it, like the worn ' nap of his broad-brimmed hat.
- There were low bookshelves, there was a thick pinkish Chinese rug in which a gopher could have spent a week without showing his nose above the nap .
Verb
(napp)Etymology 3
* From the name of the French emperor Napoleon I of France (Bonaparte)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* go napEtymology 4
possibly Scandanavian, cognate with nab, see SwedishVerb
(napp)Derived terms
* kidnapEtymology 5
From (etyl) napper, from .Verb
(napp)- Vanilla ice cream topped with a poached or canned pear half, napped with chocolate sauce, and garnished with toasted sliced almonds.