different between pixilated vs pixelate

English

Etymology

From pixie, with ending as in titillated.

Adjective

pixilated (comparative more pixilated, superlative most pixilated)

1. behaving in an eccentric manner, as though led by pixies.

   • Jane Faulkner: They think he's pixilated.

     Amy Faulkner: Oh, yes. Pixilated. […]

     Board member: Perhaps I can explain, your honor. The word "pixilated" is an early American expression derived from the word "pixies", meaning elves. They would say the pixies had got him. As we nowadays would say, a man is "barmy".

2. whimsical
3. drunk

Usage notes

• Do not confuse pixilated with pixelated.

Synonyms

• (eccentric): abnormal, eccentric, eccentrical, excentrical, odd
• (whimsical): idiosyncratic, outlandish, peculiar, playful, quirky, unconventional
• (drunk): See Thesaurus:drunk

English

Alternative forms

• pixellate

Etymology

pixel +? -ate

Verb

pixelate (third-person singular simple present pixelates, present participle pixelating, simple past and past participle pixelated)

1. To divide an image into pixels, or to display an image in pixels.
2. To transform an image into large pixels in order to hide an identity.

   Synonym: blur

Synonyms

• pixelize

Derived terms

• pixelation

Usage notes

• Be careful not to confuse the simple past and past participle, pixelated, with the completely unrelated term pixilated.

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