blur vs dusting

blur

noun
  • Something that appears hazy or indistinct 

  • A smear, smudge or blot 

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. 

adj
  • In a state of doubt or confusion. 

dusting

noun
  • A light covering of something. 

  • The act of removing dust from the furniture, as a household chore. 

  • A maintenance or comfort behaviour in which a bird flushes fine dirt through the feathers; dust-bathing. 

  • A light snowfall. 

  • A beating. 

How often have the words blur and dusting occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )