The difference between Fluff and Fuzz

When used as nouns, fluff means anything light, soft or fuzzy, especially fur, hair, feathers, whereas fuzz means a frizzy mass of hair or fibre.

When used as verbs, fluff means to make something fluffy, whereas fuzz means to make fuzzy.

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  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.

  1. Fuzz as a noun:

    A frizzy mass of hair or fibre.

  2. Fuzz as a noun:

    Quality of an image that is unclear; a blurred image.

  3. Fuzz as a noun (computing):

    The random data used in fuzz testing.

  4. Fuzz as a noun:

    A distorted sound, especially from an electric guitar or other amplified instrument.

  5. Fuzz as a noun:

    A state of befuddlement.

  1. Fuzz as a verb (transitive):

    To make fuzzy.

  2. Fuzz as a verb (intransitive):

    To become fuzzy.

  3. Fuzz as a verb (transitive, dated):

    To make drunk.

  4. Fuzz as a verb (computing):

    To test a software component by running it on randomly generated input.

  5. Fuzz as a verb (intransitive, dated):

    To fly off in minute particles with a fizzing sound, like water from hot metal.

  1. Fuzz as a noun (slang, with "the"):

    The police.

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