Nebulous vs Haze - What's the difference?
nebulous | haze |
In the form of a cloud or haze; hazy.
Vague or ill-defined.
* 1915 , Arthur Conan Doyle, The Valley of Fear
Relating to a nebula or nebulae.
. (uncountable) Very fine solid particles (smoke, dust) or liquid droplets (moisture) suspended in the air, slightly limiting visibility.
* 1772 December, James Cook, , vol. 1 ch. 2:
* 1895 , H.G. Wells, :
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, title= (uncountable) A reduction of transparency of a clear gas or liquid.
An analogous dullness on a surface that is ideally highly reflective or transparent.
(uncountable, figuratively) Any state suggestive of haze in the atmosphere, such as mental confusion or vagueness of memory.
* 1957 , (Daphne du Maurier), [http://books.google.com/books?id=cf4-iVG03pEC], ISBN 081221725X, page 218:
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(uncountable, engineering, packaging) The degree of cloudiness or turbidity in a clear glass or plastic, measured in percent.
* 1998 , Leonard I. Nass and Charles A. Heiberger, Encyclopedia of PVC [http://books.google.com/books?id=mDe7EidmglIC&], ISBN 0824778227, page 318:
(countable, brewing) Any substance causing turbidity in beer or wine.
* 1985 , Philip Jackisch, Modern Winemaking [http://books.google.com/books?id=Zf-24UvvT4oC], ISBN 0801414555, page 69:
To be hazy, or thick with haze.
(US, informal) To perform an unpleasant initiation ritual upon a usually non-consenting individual, especially freshmen to a closed community such as a college or military unit.
To oppress or harass by forcing to do hard and unnecessary work.
* 1920 , , The Understanding Heart , Chapter I:
As an adjective nebulous
is in the form of a cloud or haze; hazy.As a noun haze is
(uncountable) very fine solid particles (smoke, dust) or liquid droplets (moisture) suspended in the air, slightly limiting visibility.As a verb haze is
to be hazy, or thick with haze or haze can be (us|informal) to perform an unpleasant initiation ritual upon a usually non-consenting individual, especially freshmen to a closed community such as a college or military unit.nebulous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The magistrate could not possibly, on the evidence, have held them for a higher court. On the one hand the compositors and pressmen were forced to admit that the light was uncertain, that they were themselves much perturbed, and that it was difficult for them to swear to the identity of the assailants; although they believed that the accused were among them. Cross examined by the clever attorney who had been engaged by McGinty, they were even more nebulous in their evidence.
Anagrams
*haze
English
(wikipedia haze)Alternative forms
* haseEtymology 1
* The earliest instances are of the latter part of the 17th century. * Possibly * Compare (etyl).
Noun
(en-noun)- Our hopes, however, soon vanished; for before eight o'clock, the serenity of the sky was changed into a thick haze , accompanied with rain.
- A blue haze , half dust, half mist, touched the long valley with mystery.
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- In my haze of alcohol, I thought for one crazy instant that he had plumbed my secret.
- Haze is listed as a percent value and, typically, is about 1% for meat film.
- Various clarifying and fining agents are used in winemaking to remove hazes .
Derived terms
* haze over * hazyVerb
(haz)- (Ray)