Lint vs. Fuzz

By Jaxson

  • Lint (noun)

    A fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth; used for dressing wounds.

  • Lint (noun)

    Clinging fuzzy fluff that clings to fabric or accumulates in one’s pockets or navel etc.

  • Lint (noun)

    The fibrous coat of thick hairs covering the seeds of the cotton plant.

  • Lint (noun)

    Raw baling.

  • Lint (verb)

    To perform a static check on (source code) to detect stylistic or programmatic errors.

    “You should lint your JavaScript code before committing it.”

  • Fuzz (noun)

    A frizzy mass of hair or fibre.

  • Fuzz (noun)

    Quality of an image that is unclear; a blurred image.

  • Fuzz (noun)

    The random data used in fuzz testing.

  • Fuzz (noun)

    A distorted sound, especially from an electric guitar or other amplified instrument.

  • Fuzz (noun)

    A state of befuddlement.

  • Fuzz (noun)

    The police.

  • Fuzz (verb)

    To make fuzzy.

  • Fuzz (verb)

    To become fuzzy.

  • Fuzz (verb)

    To make drunk.

  • Fuzz (verb)

    To test a software component by running it on randomly generated input.

  • Fuzz (verb)

    To fly off in minute particles with a fizzing sound, like water from hot metal.

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