Blur and Focus

Blur

Blur verb - To make less distinct or clear.
Usage example: The haze blurs the hills

Focus is an antonym for blur.

Nearby Words: blurred, blurt, blurry, blurring

Focus

Focus verb - Put (an image) into focus.
Usage example: Please focus the image

Blur is an antonym for focus.

Nearby Words: focused, focal, focusing

How words are described

special special blur special focus
usual usual blur usual focus
direct direct blur direct focus
obvious obvious blur obvious focus
Other adjectives: heavy, strong, constant, big, slight, excessive, mental, less, reduced, red.

Common collocations

people blur people focus people
vision blur vision focus vision
time blur time focus time
bit blur bit focus bit
Other words: damage, games.

Both words in one sentence

  • Enhance Button Bad focus or motion blur can, in fact, be run through deconvolution filters to get slightly better focus.
  • Video Game / Viewtiful Joe It consists of zooming in the shot on Joe, adding blur and motion lines everywhere to focus on the hero, and Joe striking an heroic pose.
  • Manga / Iris Zero He is also capable of noticing when somebody tries to take a photo of him and blur the image/move out of focus (you can choose).
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