blur vs clarify

blur

noun
  • Something that appears hazy or indistinct 

  • A smear, smudge or blot 

adj
  • In a state of doubt or confusion. 

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

  • To become indistinct. 

  • To transfer the input focus away from. 

  • To smear, stain or smudge. 

  • To make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim. 

clarify

verb
  • To grow clear or bright; to clear up. 

  • To make clear or easily understood; to explain in order to remove doubt or obscurity. 

  • To grow or become clear or transparent; to become free from feculent impurities, as wine or other liquid under clarification. 

  • To make clear or bright by freeing from feculent matter. 

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