Maze vs. Haze — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Maze and Haze
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Maze
A maze is a path or collection of paths, typically from an entrance to a goal. The word is used to refer both to branching tour puzzles through which the solver must find a route, and to simpler non-branching ("unicursal") patterns that lead unambiguously through a convoluted layout to a goal.
Haze
Haze is traditionally an atmospheric phenomenon in which dust, smoke, and other dry particulates obscure the clarity of the sky. The World Meteorological Organization manual of codes includes a classification of horizontal obscuration into categories of fog, ice fog, steam fog, mist, haze, smoke, volcanic ash, dust, sand, and snow.
Maze
An intricate, usually confusing network of interconnecting pathways, as in a garden; a labyrinth.
Haze
A slight obscuration of the lower atmosphere, typically caused by fine suspended particles
The cold air has no pollution and very little haze
There was a thick haze on this October morning
Maze
A physical situation in which it is easy to get lost
A maze of bureaucratic divisions.
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Haze
A state of mental confusion
An alcoholic haze
Maze
A graphic puzzle, the solution of which is an uninterrupted path through an intricate pattern of line segments from a starting point to a goal.
Haze
Obscure with a haze
A clump of islands, very green, but hazed in cloud and mist
Maze
Something made up of many confused or conflicting elements; a tangle
A maze of government regulations.
Haze
Force (a new or potential recruit to the military or a university fraternity) to perform strenuous, humiliating, or dangerous tasks
Rookies were mercilessly hazed
Maze
To bewilder or astonish.
Haze
Drive (cattle) while on horseback
He hazed them on and they clambered up through the rocks
Maze
To stupefy; daze.
Haze
Atmospheric moisture, dust, smoke, and vapor that diminishes visibility.
Maze
A labyrinth; a puzzle consisting of a complicated network of paths or passages, the aim of which is to find one's way through.
Haze
A partially opaque covering
Let the polish dry to a haze before buffing it.
Maze
Something made up of many confused or conflicting elements; a tangle.
Haze
A vague or confused state of mind.
Maze
(archaic) Confusion of thought; state of bewilderment.
Haze
To become misty or hazy; blur.
Maze
To amaze, astonish, bewilder.
Haze
To persecute or harass with meaningless, difficult, or humiliating tasks.
Maze
To daze or stupefy.
Haze
To initiate, as into a college fraternity, by exacting humiliating performances from or playing rough practical jokes upon.
Maze
A wild fancy; a confused notion.
Haze
Very fine solid particles (smoke, dust) or liquid droplets (moisture) suspended in the air, slightly limiting visibility. fog, mist.}}
Maze
Confusion of thought; perplexity; uncertainty; state of bewilderment.
Haze
A reduction of transparency of a clear gas or liquid.
Maze
A confusing and baffling network, as of paths or passages; an intricacy; a labyrinth.
Or down the tempting maze of Shawford brook.
The ways of Heaven are dark and intricate,Puzzled with mazes, and perplexed with error.
Haze
An analogous dullness on a surface that is ideally highly reflective or transparent.
The soap left a persistent haze on the drinking glasses.
The furniture has a haze, possibly from some kind of wax.
Maze
A complex and confusing system or set of rules that causes bwilderment; as, a maze of environemntal regulations.
Haze
(figuratively) Any state suggestive of haze in the atmosphere, such as mental confusion or vagueness of memory.
Maze
To perplex greatly; to bewilder; to astonish and confuse; to amaze.
Haze
The degree of cloudiness or turbidity in a clear glass or plastic, measured in percent.
Maze
To be bewildered.
Haze
Any substance causing turbidity in beer or wine.
Maze
Complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost
Haze
To be or become hazy, or thick with haze.
Maze
Something jumbled or confused;
A tangle of government regulations
Haze
To perform an unpleasant initiation ritual upon a usually non-consenting individual, especially freshmen to a closed community such as a college fraternity or military unit.
Haze
To oppress or harass by forcing to do hard and unnecessary work.
Haze
(transitive) In a rodeo, to assist the bulldogger by keeping (the steer) running in a straight line.
Haze
(transitive) To use aversive stimuli on (a wild animal, such as a bear) to encourage it to keep its distance from humans.
Haze
Light vapor or smoke in the air which more or less impedes vision, with little or no dampness; a lack of transparency in the air; hence, figuratively, obscurity; dimness.
O'er the skyThe silvery haze of summer drawn.
Above the world's uncertain haze.
Haze
A state of confusion, uncertainty, or vagueness of thought or perception; as, after the explosion, people were wandering around in a haze.
Haze
To be hazy, or thick with haze.
Haze
To harass by exacting unnecessary, disagreeable, or difficult work.
Haze
To harass or annoy by playing abusive or shameful tricks upon; to humiliate by practical jokes; - used esp. of college students, as an initiation rite into a fraternity or other group; as, the sophomores hazed a freshman.
Haze
Atmospheric moisture or dust or smoke that causes reduced visibility
Haze
Confusion characterized by lack of clarity
Haze
Become hazy, dull, or cloudy
Haze
Harass by imposing humiliating or painful tasks, as in military institutions
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