Buff vs. Debuff — What's the Difference?

A yellowish-beige colour

An effect that makes a game character weaker; a negative status effect.

A stout dull yellow leather with a velvety surface.

To make a character or unit weaker.

A stick, wheel, or pad used for polishing.

A person who is enthusiastically interested in and very knowledgeable about a particular subject

Polish (something)

Make (an element in a role-playing or video game) more powerful

(of a person or their body) in good physical shape with well-developed muscles

A soft, thick, undyed leather made chiefly from the skins of buffalo, elk, or oxen.

A military uniform coat made of such leather.

A pale, light, or moderate yellowish pink to yellow, including moderate orange-yellow to light yellowish brown.

A piece of soft material, such as velvet or leather, often mounted on a block and used for polishing.

One who is enthusiastic and knowledgeable about a subject

Made or formed of buff

Of the color buff.

Buff·er, buff·est Slang Having good muscle tone; physically fit and trim

To polish or shine with a piece of soft material.

To soften the surface of (leather) by raising a nap.

To make the color of buff.

Undyed leather from the skin of buffalo or similar animals.

A tool, often one covered with buff leather, used for polishing.

(color) A brownish yellow colour.

A military coat made of buff leather.

(informal) A person who is very interested in a particular subject.

An effect that makes a character or item stronger.

(rail transport) Compressive coupler force that occurs during a slack bunched condition.

(colloquial) The bare skin.

The greyish viscid substance constituting the buffy coat.

Any substance used to dilute (street) drugs in order to increase profits.

(obsolete) A buffet; a blow.

(informal) A buffalo, or the meat of a buffalo.

(color) Of the color of buff leather, a brownish yellow.

(bodybuilding) Unusually muscular.

(slang) Physically attractive.

To polish and make shiny by rubbing.

To make a character or an item stronger.

(medical slang) To modify a medical chart, especially in a dishonest manner.

To strike.

To stammer, stutter

A sort of leather, prepared from the skin of the buffalo, dressed with oil, like chamois; also, the skins of oxen, elks, and other animals, dressed in like manner.

The color of buff; a light yellow, shading toward pink, gray, or brown.

A military coat, made of buff leather.

A wheel covered with buff leather, and used in polishing cutlery, spoons, etc.

The bare skin; as, to strip to the buff.

A buffet; a blow; - obsolete except in the phrase "Blindman's buff." See blindman's buff.

Made of buff leather.

Of the color of buff.

Firm; sturdy.

To strike.

An ardent follower and admirer

A soft thick undyed leather from the skins of e.g. buffalo or oxen

Bare skin;

A medium to dark tan color

An implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring)

Strike, beat repeatedly;

Polish and make shiny;

Of the color of buff leather