Huzz vs Fuzz - What's the difference?
huzz | fuzz |
(obsolete) To buzz; to murmur.
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:
As verbs the difference between huzz and fuzz
is that huzz is to buzz; to murmur while fuzz is to make fuzzy.As a noun fuzz is
a frizzy mass of hair or fibre.huzz
English
Verb
- Huzzing and burring in the preacher's ear. — Latimer.
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