What's the difference between dim and hazy?

Dim


Definition:

  • (superl.) Not bright or distinct; wanting luminousness or clearness; obscure in luster or sound; dusky; darkish; obscure; indistinct; overcast; tarnished.
  • (superl.) Of obscure vision; not seeing clearly; hence, dull of apprehension; of weak perception; obtuse.
  • (v. t.) To render dim, obscure, or dark; to make less bright or distinct; to take away the luster of; to darken; to dull; to obscure; to eclipse.
  • (v. t.) To deprive of distinct vision; to hinder from seeing clearly, either by dazzling or clouding the eyes; to darken the senses or understanding of.
  • (v. i.) To grow dim.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The birds were maintained at a constant temperature in, dim green light.
  • (2) There was good agreement between the survival of normally oxygenated cells in culture and bright cells from tumors and between hypoxic cells in culture and dim cells from tumors over a radiation dosage range of 2-5 Gray.
  • (3) The frequencies of the various anaphase patterns of bright and dim centromere regions were binomially distributed, indicating random distribution of chromatids with respect to the age of their DNA templates.
  • (4) It will be of particular importance to determine the amount and proportions of lymphokines secreted by T lymphocytes within the mucosal microenvironment, since properties of cells in the peripheral blood or even bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid are likely to reflect only dimly those of cells at this site.
  • (5) She walks past stack after stack of books kept behind metal cages, the shelves barely visible in the dim light from the frosted-glass windows.
  • (6) If Summer had had a hard time singing Love To Love You (only when Moroder cleared the studio and dimmed the lights did she finally capture the voluptuous feel she was after), listening to the thing presented an even stiffer test.
  • (7) In this study, the problem of masking was minimized by measuring the timing of melatonin production under dim light conditions.
  • (8) 1,4-Dideoxy-1,4-imino-D-mannitol (DIM) was synthesized chemically from benzyl-alpha-D-mannopyranoside [Fleet et al (1984) J. Chem.
  • (9) A circadian rhythm of nociception was displayed by hamsters maintained for 30 days in constant dim light.
  • (10) The superior fascicle is whitish, dimmed and frequently thinner than the others and was classified under 4 patterns, according to its insertion.
  • (11) Concert posters that play music when you touch them have been discussed, while an artist has mixed the paint with oil in a lamp so that when the lamp is tilted, the light dims.
  • (12) Yet its outrage dims when the models – the same models who appear in the usual shows, mind – are walking on the runway in underwear as opposed to haute couture.
  • (13) In Moscow, the Russian foreign ministry took a dim view of this Guardian report on the Balkan events.
  • (14) A method for determining the spectral sensitivity of the different color mechanisms of the human eye uses the pattern of color names applied to small, brief, dim, monochromatic flashes.
  • (15) Individuals complaining of disturbed sleep that was verified by polysomnographic indices (objective DIMS) and a group with complaints of disturbed sleep in the absence of objective findings (subjective DIMS) were compared with normal sleepers.
  • (16) The pupillary response to 50 microliter of pilocarpine 0.0625% in darkness, dim light, and bright light was measured photographically in 15 healthy adults.
  • (17) Sandwood Bay in Scotland Photograph: Alamy Am Buachaille, a rocky sea stack, stood guard-like to one side, the giant grey slabs which cut into the sea were bathed in frothing waves, and the dim glow of the Cape Wrath lighthouse sent out a muted white beam beyond the cliffs to my right.
  • (18) Women generally reported a significantly higher prevalence of both disorders of initiating and maintaining sleep (DIMS) and nightmares (NM)(p less than .001).
  • (19) Experimental conditions were as similar as possible to those used in a separate study in which psychophysical absolute thresholds were measured: large, dim, monochromatic spots 1 sec in duration were projected close to the right eye of alert, self-respiring goldfish.
  • (20) An extended source gives a dim erect image in the tract region that may come from the pattern of illumination radiating from the cut ends of the tracts.

Hazy


Definition:

  • (n.) Thick with haze; somewhat obscured with haze; not clear or transparent.
  • (n.) Obscure; confused; not clear; as, a hazy argument; a hazy intellect.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The distinction between state and private business has become increasingly hazy.
  • (2) Heterotypic staining, consisting of a diffused hazy fluorescence, was observed only at the highest concentrations of conjugate and not above the 1:10 dilution.
  • (3) Major parenchymal features seen at CT included thickened intralobular and interlobular lines, subpleural curvilinear lines, pleural-based nodular irregularities, hazy patches of increased attenuation, small cystic spaces, and small areas of low attenuation.
  • (4) I just thought it was a little beyond me this year.” On those hazy days in London Ennis-Hill had blown away the opposition with a nerveless and spectacularly quick hurdles on the opening morning of competition that left her cruising to victory.
  • (5) When applied the method usually yielded results close to the DIP method and due to its high sensitivity AS determinations in very dilute and hazy solutions are possible.
  • (6) On a clear day you can see the Timahoe round tower to the south, the Wicklow mountains to the east and the Slieve Bloom mountains to the west, but even when the skies are hazy, the views are majestic.
  • (7) The basement membrane zone becomes broader and hazy, later undergoing disintegration and destruction, concomitant with swelling and homogenization of the reticular distribution of fibronectin in the papillary dermis.
  • (8) Serially obtained synovial fluid specimens were yellow and clear or hazy and had good mucinous precipitate quality at all times in all horses, except 2, in which the catheter required readjustment.
  • (9) In freshly plated PMV, keratin appears as hazy staining (less than 4 hr) and later organizes into keratin 'plaques' (4 days) associated with cell-cell contacts; post confluent (greater than 7 days) PMV cultures contain fully assembled cytokeratin filaments which extend to the cell periphery and approach filaments in apposed cells.
  • (10) While TCP was characterized by the frequent occurrence of large, discrete, dense calculi, patients with ACP had typically small, speckled calculi with irregular, hazy margins.
  • (11) Solutions stored in PVC bags became more hazy with time than solutions stored in glass or polyolefin containers.
  • (12) I just have some hazy recollection of seeing a bone sticking out of my left wrist."
  • (13) Information about the suspects, their backgrounds and what their role was in the murder of Nemtsov remains hazy.
  • (14) That would be an unfortunate ending to a process that should have been a timely intervention on a vital issue but now looks likely to splutter to a hazy conclusion.
  • (15) Some fear that the precise effects on the mosquitoes’ ecosystems are still hazy (while they might be our nemeses, there are fish that think they’re delicious).
  • (16) My alarm goes off at 7am and hazy-eyed I throw on my swimming costume and head to the lido across the road from my east London flat.
  • (17) The CT findings include; (1) granular pattern with acino-centric distribution, (2) increase in density of haziness in the lung fields, (3) multiform high density areas, and (4) "subpleural curvilinear shadow" localized posteriorly.
  • (18) After a deliberately hazy and meandering first half – one that lulls both reader and characters into a false sense of security – the second part of the novel barely breathes.
  • (19) Their appearance was granular with indistinct, hazy outlines, and on cross section they were solid rather than tubular.
  • (20) I’ve heard people say it in the past few years about black players and I think: ‘Well, you don’t really understand black players if that’s what your attitude is.’ They have the same goals and ambitions as everyone else.” In the informal, qualification-hazy world of football management, it’s always been about who you know, not what you know.

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