blur vs splatch

blur

noun
  • A smear, smudge or blot 

  • Something that appears hazy or indistinct 

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. 

splatch

noun
  • A blot or splash. 

verb
  • To move in a manner that causes splashing or spreading of material. 

  • To manipulate roughly or crudely. 

  • To mark with a splatch. 

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