Fuzzy vs. Lint
Fuzzyadjective
Covered with fuzz or a large number of tiny loose fibres like a carpet or many stuffed animals
Lintnoun
A fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth; used for dressing wounds.
Fuzzyadjective
Vague or imprecise.
âMy recollection of that event is fuzzy.â;
Lintnoun
Clinging fuzzy fluff that clings to fabric or accumulates in one's pockets or navel etc.
Fuzzyadjective
Not clear; unfocused.
âI finally threw out a large stack of fuzzy photos.â;
Lintnoun
The fibrous coat of thick hairs covering the seeds of the cotton plant.
Fuzzynoun
A very small piece of plush material.
âYou've got a fuzzy on your coat.â;
Lintnoun
Raw cotton ready for baling.
Fuzzynoun
Something covered with fuzz or hair, as an animal or plush toy.
Lintverb
To perform a static check on (source code) to detect stylistic or programmatic errors.
âYou should lint your JavaScript code before committing it.â;
Fuzzynoun
(slang) A person, especially a college student, interested in humanities or social sciences, as opposed to one interested in mathematics, science, or engineering.
Lintnoun
Flax.
Fuzzyadjective
Not firmly woven; that ravels.
Lintnoun
Linen scraped or otherwise made into a soft, downy or fleecy substance for dressing wounds and sores; also, fine ravelings, down, fluff, or loose short fibers from yarn or fabrics.
Fuzzyadjective
Furnished with fuzz; having fuzz; like fuzz; as, the fuzzy skin of a peach.
Lintnoun
fine ravellings of cotton or linen fibers
Fuzzyadjective
covering with fine light hairs;
âhis head fuzzed like a dandelion gone to seedâ;
Lintnoun
cotton or linen fabric with the nap raised on one side; used to dress wounds
Fuzzyadjective
indistinct or hazy in outline;
âa landscape of blurred outlinesâ; âthe trees were just blurry shapesâ;
Fuzzyadjective
confused and not coherent; not clearly thought out;
âa vague and fuzzy idea of the world of financeâ;
Fuzzyadjective
having a frizzy texture or appearance
âfuzzy fake-fur throw pillowsâ;
Fuzzyadjective
difficult to perceive; indistinct or vague
âthe picture is very fuzzyâ; âthat fuzzy line between right and wrongâ;
Fuzzyadjective
(of a person or the mind) unable to think clearly; confused
âmy mind felt fuzzyâ;
Fuzzyadjective
(of popular music or electric instruments) having or producing a distorted buzzing tone; fuzzed
âtheir former jolly sound has been drowned in swathes of layered, fuzzy guitarâ;
Fuzzyadjective
relating to a form of set theory and logic in which predicates may have degrees of applicability, rather than simply being true or false. It has important uses in artificial intelligence and the design of control systems.
