Nerf vs. Buff — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Nerf and Buff
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Nerf
Nerf is a toy brand formed by Parker Brothers and currently owned by Hasbro. Most of the toys are a variety of foam-based weaponry, with other Nerf products including balls for sports such as American football, basketball, and baseball.
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Buff
A yellowish-beige colour
A buff envelope
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Nerf
To bump lightly, whether accidentally or purposefully.
A racer will often nerf another as a psychological tactic.
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Buff
A stout dull yellow leather with a velvety surface.
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Nerf
To change a mechanic, an ability or a character in a video game in order to make a previously dominant strategy less viable or less effective.
The lightning spell was originally pretty powerful, but in the sequel they nerfed it so it became completely useless.
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Buff
A stick, wheel, or pad used for polishing.
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Nerf
To arbitrarily limit or reduce the capability of.
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Buff
A person who is enthusiastically interested in and very knowledgeable about a particular subject
A computer buff
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Nerf
The deterioration, weakening or worsening of a character, a weapon, a spell, etc.
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Buff
Polish (something)
He buffed the glass until it gleamed
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Buff
Make (an element in a role-playing or video game) more powerful
There are cards that'll buff your troops
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Buff
(of a person or their body) in good physical shape with well-developed muscles
The driver was a buff blond named March
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Buff
A soft, thick, undyed leather made chiefly from the skins of buffalo, elk, or oxen.
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Buff
A military uniform coat made of such leather.
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Buff
A pale, light, or moderate yellowish pink to yellow, including moderate orange-yellow to light yellowish brown.
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Buff
A piece of soft material, such as velvet or leather, often mounted on a block and used for polishing.
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Buff
One who is enthusiastic and knowledgeable about a subject
A Civil War buff.
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Buff
Made or formed of buff
A buff jacket.
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Buff
Of the color buff.
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Buff
Buff·er, buff·est Slang Having good muscle tone; physically fit and trim
Buff athletes lifting weights at the gym.
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Buff
To polish or shine with a piece of soft material.
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Buff
To soften the surface of (leather) by raising a nap.
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Buff
To make the color of buff.
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Buff
Undyed leather from the skin of buffalo or similar animals.
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Buff
A tool, often one covered with buff leather, used for polishing.
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Buff
(color) A brownish yellow colour.
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Buff
A military coat made of buff leather.
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Buff
(informal) A person who is very interested in a particular subject.
He’s a real history buff. He knows everything there is to know about the civil war.
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Buff
An effect that makes a character or item stronger.
I just picked up an epic damage buff! Let's go gank the other team!
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Buff
(rail transport) Compressive coupler force that occurs during a slack bunched condition.
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Buff
(colloquial) The bare skin.
To strip to the buff
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Buff
The greyish viscid substance constituting the buffy coat.
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Buff
Any substance used to dilute (street) drugs in order to increase profits.
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Buff
(obsolete) A buffet; a blow.
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Buff
(informal) A buffalo, or the meat of a buffalo.
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Buff
(color) Of the color of buff leather, a brownish yellow.
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(bodybuilding) Unusually muscular.
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(slang) Physically attractive.
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Buff
To polish and make shiny by rubbing.
He was already buffing the car's hubs.
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Buff
To make a character or an item stronger.
The enchanter buffed the paladin to prepare him to fight the dragon.
I noticed that the pistols were buffed in the update.
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Buff
(medical slang) To modify a medical chart, especially in a dishonest manner.
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Buff
To strike.
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Buff
To stammer, stutter
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Buff
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.
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Buff
The color of buff; a light yellow, shading toward pink, gray, or brown.
A visage rough,Deformed, unfeatured, and a skin of buff.
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Buff
A military coat, made of buff leather.
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Buff
A wheel covered with buff leather, and used in polishing cutlery, spoons, etc.
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Buff
The bare skin; as, to strip to the buff.
To be in buff is equivalent to being naked.
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Buff
A buffet; a blow; - obsolete except in the phrase "Blindman's buff." See blindman's buff.
Nathless so sore a buff to him it lentThat made him reel.
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Buff
Made of buff leather.
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Buff
Of the color of buff.
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Buff
Firm; sturdy.
And for the good old cause stood buff,'Gainst many a bitter kick and cuff.
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Buff
To strike.
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Buff
An ardent follower and admirer
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Buff
A soft thick undyed leather from the skins of e.g. buffalo or oxen
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Buff
Bare skin;
Swimming in the buff
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Buff
A medium to dark tan color
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Buff
An implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring)
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Buff
Strike, beat repeatedly;
The wind buffeted him
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Buff
Polish and make shiny;
Buff the wooden floors
Buff my shoes
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Buff
Of the color of buff leather
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