The difference between Fault and Fluff

When used as nouns, fault means a defect, whereas fluff means anything light, soft or fuzzy, especially fur, hair, feathers.

When used as verbs, fault means to criticize, blame or find fault with something or someone, whereas fluff means to make something fluffy.

check bellow for the other definitions of Fault and Fluff

  1. Fault as a noun:

    A defect; something that detracts from perfection.

  2. Fault as a noun:

    A mistake or error.

    Examples:

    "No! This is my fault, not yours."

  3. Fault as a noun:

    A weakness of character; a failing.

    Examples:

    "For all her faults, she's a good person at heart."

  4. Fault as a noun:

    A minor offense.

  5. Fault as a noun:

    Blame; the responsibility for a mistake.

    Examples:

    "The fault lies with you."

  6. Fault as a noun (seismology):

    A fracture in a rock formation causing a discontinuity.

  7. Fault as a noun (mining):

    In coal seams, coal rendered worthless by impurities in the seam.

    Examples:

    "slate fault, dirt fault, etc."

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  8. Fault as a noun ([[tennis]]):

    An illegal serve.

  9. Fault as a noun (electrical):

    An abnormal connection in a circuit.

  10. Fault as a noun (obsolete):

    want; lack

  11. Fault as a noun (hunting):

    A lost scent; act of losing the scent.

  1. Fault as a verb (transitive):

    To criticize, blame or find fault with something or someone.

  2. Fault as a verb (intransitive, geology):

    To fracture.

  3. Fault as a verb (intransitive):

    To commit a mistake or error.

  4. Fault as a verb (intransitive, computing):

    To undergo a page fault.

  1. Fluff as a noun:

    Anything light, soft or fuzzy, especially fur, hair, feathers.

  2. Fluff as a noun:

    Anything inconsequential or superficial.

    Examples:

    "That article was basically a bunch of fluff. It didn't say anything substantive."

  3. Fluff as a noun:

    Lapse, especially a mistake in an actor's lines.

  4. Fluff as a noun (New England):

    Marshmallow creme.

  5. Fluff as a noun (LGBT):

    A passive partner in a lesbian relationship.

  6. Fluff as a noun (Australia, euphemistic):

    A fart.

  1. Fluff as a verb (transitive):

    To make something fluffy.

    Examples:

    "The cat fluffed its tail."

  2. Fluff as a verb (intransitive):

    To become fluffy, puff up.

  3. Fluff as a verb (intransitive):

    To move lightly like fluff.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Holmes"

  4. Fluff as a verb (transitive, intransitive, of an actor or announcer):

    To make a mistake in one's lines.

  5. Fluff as a verb (transitive):

    To do incorrectly, for example mishit, miskick, miscue etc.

  6. Fluff as a verb (intransitive, Australia, euphemistic):

    To fart.

  7. Fluff as a verb (transitive, slang):

    To arouse (a male pornographic actor) before filming.

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