Hazy vs Distinct - What's the difference?
hazy | distinct |
Thick with haze; somewhat obscured with haze.
Not clear or transparent.
Obscure; confused; not clear; as, a hazy argument; a hazy intellect.
Capable of being perceived very clearly.
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, title= Different from one another (with the preferable adposition being "from").
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, chapter=13 Noticeably different from others; distinctive.
Separate in place; not conjunct or united; with from .
* Clarendon
(obsolete) Distinguished; having the difference marked; separated by a visible sign; marked out; specified.
* Milton
(obsolete) Marked; variegated.
* Spenser
As adjectives the difference between hazy and distinct
is that hazy is thick with haze; somewhat obscured with haze while distinct is capable of being perceived very clearly.hazy
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(er)Derived terms
* hazily * hazinessExternal links
* *distinct
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(en adjective)Fenella Saunders
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- The intention was that the two armies which marched out together should afterward be distinct .
- Wherever thus created — for no place / Is yet distinct by name.
- The which [place] was dight / With divers flowers distinct with rare delight.