Blur vs. Blurred — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Blur and Blurred
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Blur
To make indistinct and hazy in outline or appearance; obscure
The haze blurred the skyline.
Blurred
To make indistinct and hazy in outline or appearance; obscure
The haze blurred the skyline.
Blur
To make dim, unclear, or cloudy
The smoke blurred my vision.
Blurred
To make dim, unclear, or cloudy
The smoke blurred my vision.
Blur
To cause to be intellectually indistinguishable
New thinking has blurred the divisions between disciplines.
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Blurred
To cause to be intellectually indistinguishable
New thinking has blurred the divisions between disciplines.
Blur
To become visually indistinct
The faces blurred in the crowd.
Blurred
To become visually indistinct
The faces blurred in the crowd.
Blur
To be unclear or clouded
His vision blurred as the drug took effect.
Blurred
To be unclear or clouded
His vision blurred as the drug took effect.
Blur
To become intellectually indistinguishable
TV commercials and shows seem to blur into one another.
Blurred
To become intellectually indistinguishable
TV commercials and shows seem to blur into one another.
Blur
Something that is hazy and indistinct to the sight or mind.
Blurred
Something that is hazy and indistinct to the sight or mind.
Blur
To make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim.
To blur a photograph by moving the camera while taking it
Blurred
Out of focus; partially obscured; smudged.
Blur
To smear, stain or smudge.
To blur a manuscript by handling it while damp
Blurred
Simple past tense and past participle of blur
Blur
(intransitive) To become indistinct.
Blurred
Out of focus; not sharply defined.
Blur
To cause imperfection of vision in; to dim; to darken.
Blurred
Indistinct or hazy in outline;
A landscape of blurred outlines
The trees were just blurry shapes
Blur
To sully; to stain; to blemish, as reputation.
Blurred
Unclear in form or expression;
The blurred aims of the group
Sometimes one understood clearly and sometimes the meaning was clouded
Blur
To transfer the input focus away from.
Blur
A smear, smudge or blot
Blur
Something that appears hazy or indistinct
The surroundings went by in a blur.
Blur
(obsolete) A moral stain or blot.
Blur
In a state of doubt or confusion.
Blur
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.
But time hath nothing blurred those lines of favorWhich then he wore.
Blur
To cause imperfection of vision in; to dim; to darken.
Her eyes are blurred with the lightning's glare.
Blur
To sully; to stain; to blemish, as reputation.
Sarcasms may eclipse thine own,But can not blur my lost renown.
Blur
That which obscures without effacing; a stain; a blot, as upon paper or other substance.
As for those who cleanse blurs with blotted fingers, they make it worse.
Blur
A dim, confused appearance; indistinctness of vision; as, to see things with a blur; it was all blur.
Blur
A moral stain or blot.
Lest she . . . will with her railing set a great blur on mine honesty and good name.
Blur
A hazy or indistinct representation;
It happened so fast it was just a blur
He tried to clear his head of the whisky fuzz
Blur
Become glassy; lose clear vision;
Her eyes glazed over from lack of sleep
Blur
To make less distinct or clear;
The haze blurs the hills
Blur
Make unclear, indistinct, or blurred;
Her remarks confused the debate
Their words obnubilate their intentions
Blur
Make a smudge on; soil by smudging
Blur
Make dim or indistinct;
The drug blurs my vision
Blur
Become vague or indistinct;
The distinction between the two theories blurred
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