Blur
Blur verb - To make (something) unclear to the understanding.
Instance
Instance verb - To show or make clear by using examples.
Usage example: instanced the hero's moral courage with several examples from the novel
How words are described
| similar | similar blur | similar instance |
| brief | brief blur | brief instance |
| short | short blur | short instance |
| obvious | obvious blur | obvious instance |
| Other adjectives: small, bad, subtle, few, funny, above, weird, strange. | ||
Common collocations
| time | blur time | instance time |
Both words in one sentence
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Similar to the above instance, in the ninth season finale of Smallville, Lois finally realizes that Clark is the Red-Blue Blur, the mysterious savior of Metropolis.
Source: Everybody Knew Already -
Blur is also applied to license plates on the contestants' cars and on brand names (labels on fast food containers, for instance).
Source: Pixellation -
A related instance shows up in Part 2 of the Dawn of X miniseries, in which Xander Payne is seeing Mega Man working alongside an indistinct blue blur who speaks off-panel to stop a robot using whirlwinds to hurl cars around.
Cite this Source
Instance and Blur. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/blur/instance
Blur & Instance. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/blur/instance>.
Instance or Blur. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/blur/instance.
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