Blur vs. Blurred — What's the Difference?

To make indistinct and hazy in outline or appearance; obscure

To make indistinct and hazy in outline or appearance; obscure

To make dim, unclear, or cloudy

To make dim, unclear, or cloudy

To cause to be intellectually indistinguishable

To cause to be intellectually indistinguishable

To become visually indistinct

To become visually indistinct

To be unclear or clouded

To be unclear or clouded

To become intellectually indistinguishable

To become intellectually indistinguishable

Something that is hazy and indistinct to the sight or mind.

Something that is hazy and indistinct to the sight or mind.

To make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim.

Out of focus; partially obscured; smudged.

To smear, stain or smudge.

Simple past tense and past participle of blur

(intransitive) To become indistinct.

Out of focus; not sharply defined.

To cause imperfection of vision in; to dim; to darken.

Indistinct or hazy in outline;

To sully; to stain; to blemish, as reputation.

Unclear in form or expression;

To transfer the input focus away from.

A smear, smudge or blot

Something that appears hazy or indistinct

(obsolete) A moral stain or blot.

In a state of doubt or confusion.

To render obscure by making the form or outline of confused and uncertain, as by soiling; to smear; to make indistinct and confused; as, to blur manuscript by handling it while damp; to blur the impression of a woodcut by an excess of ink.

To cause imperfection of vision in; to dim; to darken.

To sully; to stain; to blemish, as reputation.

That which obscures without effacing; a stain; a blot, as upon paper or other substance.

A dim, confused appearance; indistinctness of vision; as, to see things with a blur; it was all blur.

A moral stain or blot.

A hazy or indistinct representation;

Become glassy; lose clear vision;

To make less distinct or clear;

Make unclear, indistinct, or blurred;

Make a smudge on; soil by smudging

Make dim or indistinct;

Become vague or indistinct;