Blur
Blur verb - To make (something) unclear to the understanding.
Usage example: an article for the layman that blurs the distinction between the two kinds of cholesterol
Clear
Clear verb - To rid the surface of (as an area) from things in the way.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Seemingly to make their abandonment of Britpop clear, the band even fled the UK itself and recorded most of Blur in Reykjavík.
Source: Music / blur -
The World of Darkness: if someone in your photograph appears to just inexplictably be a blur, it's advised you steer clear of that person - because they're a vampire.
Source: Spooky Photographs -
Rick is a chubby chaser, Drew is a chub, and Kusiak is an unabashed chubby chaser himself, making Blur the Lines a clear case of Author Appeal.
Source: Webcomic / Blur the Lines
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Clear and Blur. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/blur/clear
Blur & Clear. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/blur/clear>.
Clear or Blur. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/blur/clear.
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