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Muzzy vs Blear - What's the difference?

muzzy | blear |

As adjectives the difference between muzzy and blear

is that muzzy is hazy, indistinct, blurred, unfocussed while blear is dim, unclear from water or rheum.

As a noun muzzy

is a Muslim.

As a verb blear is

to make blurred or dim, especially the eyes.

muzzy

English

Alternative forms

*Muzzy

Noun

(muzzies)
  • (slang, offensive) A Muslim.
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    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (dialect, northern England) Hazy]], indistinct, blurred, [[unfocused, unfocussed.
  • * 1979 , Journal - Association for Recorded Sound Collections
    • The Handel excerpts are afflicted with a combination of high surface noise from the source material as well as variably muzzy sound.

    Derived terms

    * muzzily

    blear

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (of eyes or vision) dim, unclear from water or rheum.
  • * Charles Dickens
    • His blear eyes ran in gutters to his chin.
  • * 1981 , John Gardner, Freddy's Book , Abacus 1982, p. 74:
    • The Devil, now disguised as a half-wit peasant to Lars-Goren's left, stood grinning, his blear eyes glittering.
  • Causing or caused by dimness of sight.
  • * Milton
    • Power to cheat the eye with blear illusion.

    See also

    * bleary

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make blurred or dim, especially the eyes.

    • Anagrams

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