The difference between Fluff and Mistake

When used as nouns, fluff means anything light, soft or fuzzy, especially fur, hair, feathers, whereas mistake means an error.

When used as verbs, fluff means to make something fluffy, whereas mistake means to understand wrongly, taking one thing or person for another.

check bellow for the other definitions of Fluff and Mistake

  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. Mistake as a noun:

    An error; a blunder.

  2. Mistake as a noun (baseball):

    A pitch which was intended to be pitched in a hard-to-hit location, but instead ends up in an easy-to-hit place.

  1. Mistake as a verb (transitive):

    To understand wrongly, taking one thing or person for another.

    Examples:

    "Sorry, I mistook you for my brother. You look very similar."

  2. Mistake as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To misunderstand (someone).

  3. Mistake as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):

    To commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong.

  4. Mistake as a verb (obsolete, rare):

    To take or choose wrongly.

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