Ask Difference

Blur vs. Fade — What's the Difference?

Blur vs. Fade — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Blur and Fade

ADVERTISEMENT

Compare with Definitions

Blur

To make indistinct and hazy in outline or appearance; obscure
The haze blurred the skyline.

Fade

To lose brightness, loudness, or brilliance gradually
The lights and music faded as we set sail from the harbor.

Blur

To make dim, unclear, or cloudy
The smoke blurred my vision.

Fade

To lose freshness; wither
Summer flowers that had faded.

Blur

To cause to be intellectually indistinguishable
New thinking has blurred the divisions between disciplines.
ADVERTISEMENT

Fade

To lose strength or vitality; wane
Youthful energy that had faded over the years.

Blur

To become visually indistinct
The faces blurred in the crowd.

Fade

To disappear gradually; vanish
A hope that faded.

Blur

To be unclear or clouded
His vision blurred as the drug took effect.

Fade

(Sports) To swerve from a straight course, especially in the direction of a slice.

Blur

To become intellectually indistinguishable
TV commercials and shows seem to blur into one another.

Fade

(Football) To move back from the line of scrimmage. Used of a quarterback.

Blur

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

Fade

To cause to lose brightness, freshness, or strength
Exposure to sunlight has faded the carpet.

Blur

To make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim.
To blur a photograph by moving the camera while taking it

Fade

(Sports) To hit (a golf ball, for instance) with a moderate, usually controlled slice.

Blur

To smear, stain or smudge.
To blur a manuscript by handling it while damp

Fade

(Games) To meet the bet of (an opposing player) in dice.

Blur

(intransitive) To become indistinct.

Fade

The act of fading.

Blur

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

Fade

A gradual dimming or increase in the brightness or loudness of a light source or audio signal.

Blur

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

Fade

A transition in a cinematic work or slide presentation in which the image gradually appears on or disappears from a blank screen.

Blur

To transfer the input focus away from.

Fade

(Sports) A moderate, usually controlled slice, as in golf.

Blur

A smear, smudge or blot

Fade

A control mechanism on a stereo that adjusts the distribution of power between the front and rear channels.

Blur

Something that appears hazy or indistinct
The surroundings went by in a blur.

Fade

A style of haircut in which the hair is cut close to the sides and back of the head and trimmed to result in gradually longer lengths toward the top of the head.

Blur

(obsolete) A moral stain or blot.

Fade

(archaic) Weak; insipid; tasteless.

Blur

In a state of doubt or confusion.

Fade

(archaic) Strong; bold; doughty.

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.

Fade

(golf) A golf shot that curves intentionally to the player's right (if they are right-handed) or to the left (if left-handed).

Blur

To cause imperfection of vision in; to dim; to darken.
Her eyes are blurred with the lightning's glare.

Fade

A haircut where the hair is short or shaved on the sides of the head and longer on top. See also high-top fade and low fade.

Blur

To sully; to stain; to blemish, as reputation.
Sarcasms may eclipse thine own,But can not blur my lost renown.

Fade

(slang) A fight.

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.

Fade

A gradual decrease in the brightness of a shot or the volume of sound or music (as a means of cutting to a new scene or starting a new song).

Blur

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

Fade

(slang) The act of disappearing from a place so as not to be found; covert departure.

Blur

A moral stain or blot.
Lest she . . . will with her railing set a great blur on mine honesty and good name.

Fade

To hit the ball with the shot called a fade.

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

Fade

(intransitive) To grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant.

Blur

Become glassy; lose clear vision;
Her eyes glazed over from lack of sleep

Fade

(intransitive) To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color.

Blur

To make less distinct or clear;
The haze blurs the hills

Fade

(intransitive) To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish.
The milkman's whistling faded into the distance.

Blur

Make unclear, indistinct, or blurred;
Her remarks confused the debate
Their words obnubilate their intentions

Fade

(transitive) To cause to fade.

Blur

Make a smudge on; soil by smudging

Fade

To bet against (someone).

Blur

Make dim or indistinct;
The drug blurs my vision

Fade

Weak; insipid; tasteless; commonplace.
His masculine taste gave him a sense of something fade and ludicrous.

Blur

Become vague or indistinct;
The distinction between the two theories blurred

Fade

To become fade; to grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant.
The earth mourneth and fadeth away.

Fade

To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color.

Fade

To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish.
The stars shall fade away.
He makes a swanlike end,Fading in music.

Fade

To cause to wither; to deprive of freshness or vigor; to wear away.
No winter could his laurels fade.

Fade

A golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer;
He took lessons to cure his slicing

Fade

Gradually ceasing to be visible

Fade

Become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly;
The scene begins to fade
The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk

Fade

Lose freshness, vigor, or vitality;
Her bloom was fading

Fade

Disappear gradually;
The pain eventually passed off

Fade

Become feeble;
The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon

Share Your Discovery

Share via Social Media
Embed This Content
Embed Code
Share Directly via Messenger
Link
Previous Comparison
Bucky vs. Lucky
Next Comparison
Ptisan vs. Tisane

Popular Comparisons

Trending Comparisons

New Comparisons

Trending Terms