Bluff vs. Fluff — What's the Difference?

An attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or is going to do something

Light down or fuzz, as on a young bird or on a dandelion or milkweed seed.

A steep cliff, bank, or promontory.

Something having a very light, soft, or frothy consistency or appearance

A grove or clump of trees.

Light or superficial entertainment

Try to deceive someone as to one's abilities or intentions

Inflated or padded material

Direct in speech or behaviour but in a good-natured way

The parts of a junked car that are not metal and cannot be recycled.

(of a cliff or a ship's bows) having a vertical or steep broad front.

(Informal) An error, especially in the delivery of lines, as by an actor or announcer.

To engage in a false display of confidence or aggression in order to deceive or intimidate someone

To make fluffy

To make a display of aggression, as by charging or baring the teeth, as a means of intimidating another animal.

To ruin or mar by a mistake or blunder

To try to mislead opponents in a card game by heavy betting on a poor hand or by little or no betting on a good one.

To forget or botch (one's lines).

To deceive or intimidate (someone) by a false display of confidence or aggression.

Vulgar Slang To cause (a man) to be sufficiently aroused so that he is able to have sexual intercourse, especially in a pornographic film.

To try to mislead (opponents) in a card game by heavy betting on a poor hand or by little or no betting on a good one.

To become fluffy.

To start but not carry out (an action) as a means of deceiving or intimidating another

(Informal) To make an error, especially to forget or botch one's lines.

The act or practice of bluffing.

Anything light, soft or fuzzy, especially fur, hair, feathers.

A steep headland, promontory, riverbank, or cliff.

Anything inconsequential or superficial.

Having or showing a rough and blunt but not unkind manner

(informal) A lapse or mistake, especially a mistake in an actor's lines.

Having a broad, steep front

(New England) Marshmallow creme.

An act of bluffing; a false expression of the strength of one's position in order to intimidate; braggadocio.

(LGBT) A passive partner in a lesbian relationship.

(poker) An attempt to represent oneself as holding a stronger hand than one actually does.

A fart. en

The card game poker.

(fandom slang) Fan fiction, or part of a fan fiction, which is sweet and feel-good in tone, usually involving romance.

One who bluffs; a bluffer.

A form of roleplaying which is inconsequential and not related to the plot; often used in the context of (but not limited to) filling time.

An excuse.

(transitive) To make something fluffy.

A high, steep bank, for example by a river or the sea, or beside a ravine or plain; a cliff with a broad face.

(intransitive) To become fluffy, puff up.

(Canadian Prairies) A small wood or stand of trees, typically poplar or willow.

(intransitive) To move lightly like fluff.

(poker) To make a bluff; to give the impression that one's hand is stronger than it is.

To make a mistake in one's lines.

(by analogy) To frighten or deter with a false show of strength or confidence; to give a false impression of strength or temerity in order to intimidate and gain some advantage.

To do incorrectly, for example mishit, miskick, miscue etc.

To take advantage by bluffing.

To break wind.

To give false information intentionally; to lie; to deceive

To arouse (a male pornographic actor) before filming.

To fluff, puff or swell up.

Nap or down; flue[2]; soft, downy feathers.

Having a broad, flattened front.

Anything light and downy, whose volume consists mostly of air, such as cotton or down.

Rising steeply with a flat or rounded front.

Something light and inconsequential; something not to be taken seriously; - used commonly of literary or dramatic productions, and sometimes of people.

Surly; churlish; gruff; rough.

A mistake, especially in the recitation of lines in a drama.

Roughly frank and hearty in one's manners.

To make or become fluffy; to move lightly like fluff.

Having a broad, flattened front; as, the bluff bows of a ship.

To make a mistake in the performance of; - used mostly of lines in a drama; as, he fluffed the last line of the act.

Rising steeply with a flat or rounded front.

Any light downy material

Surly; churlish; gruff; rough.

Something of little value or significance

Abrupt; roughly frank; unceremonious; blunt; brusque; as, a bluff answer; a bluff manner of talking; a bluff sea captain.

A blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines)

A high, steep bank, as by a river or the sea, or beside a ravine or plain; a cliff with a broad face.

Make a mess of, destroy or ruin;

An act of bluffing; an expression of self-confidence for the purpose of intimidation; braggadocio; as, that is only bluff, or a bluff.

Erect or fluff up;

A game at cards; poker.

Ruffle (one's hair) by combing towards the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect

To deter (an opponent) from taking the risk of betting on his hand of cards, as the bluffer does by betting heavily on his own hand although it may be of less value.

To frighten or deter from accomplishing a purpose by making a show of confidence in one's strength or resources; as, he bluffed me off.

To act as in the game of bluff.

A high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion)

Pretense that your position is stronger than it really is;

The act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards

Deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand

Frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is

Very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front;

Bluntly direct and outspoken but good-natured;