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Blur vs. Hazy — What's the Difference?

Blur vs. Hazy — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Blur and Hazy

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Blur

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

Hazy

Marked by the presence of haze; misty
Hazy sunshine.

Blur

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

Hazy

Unclear, confused, or uncertain
I have only a hazy notion of what she wants. I'm a bit hazy on the new budget.

Blur

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

Thick or obscured with haze.
A hazy view of the polluted city street

Blur

To become visually indistinct
The faces blurred in the crowd.

Hazy

Not clear or transparent.

Blur

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

Hazy

Obscure; confused; not clear.
A hazy argument
A hazy intellect

Blur

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

Hazy

Thick with haze; somewhat obscured with haze; not clear or transparent.

Blur

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

Hazy

Obscure; confused; not clear; as, a hazy argument; a hazy intellect.

Blur

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

Hazy

Filled or abounding with fog or mist;
A brumous October morning

Blur

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

Hazy

Indistinct or hazy in outline;
A landscape of blurred outlines
The trees were just blurry shapes

Blur

(intransitive) To become indistinct.

Blur

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

Blur

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

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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