Blink vs. Blind — What's the Difference?

To close and open one or both of the eyes rapidly.

Unable to see because of injury, disease, or a congenital condition

To look in astonishment or disbelief, typically with the eyes blinking

Lacking perception, awareness, or judgement

To look through half-closed eyes, as in a bright glare; squint

(of a corner or bend in a road) impossible to see round

To give off light with intermittent gleams; flash on and off

Not the slightest (used in emphatic expressions)

To pretend to be ignorant of; disregard or condone

(of a plant) without buds, eyes, or terminal flowers

To waver or back down, as in a contest of wills

Cause (someone) to be unable to see, permanently or temporarily

To cause to blink

Deprive (someone) of understanding, judgement, or perception

To hold back or remove from the eyes by blinking

Move very fast and dangerously

To refuse to recognize or face

A screen for a window, especially one on a roller or made of slats

To transmit (a message) with a flashing light.

Something designed to conceal one's real intentions

The act or an instance of rapidly closing and opening the eyes or an eye.

A heavy drinking bout

An instant

Without being able to see clearly

(Scots) A quick look or glimpse; a glance.

Unable to see with the eyes; sightless.

A flash of light; a twinkle.

Having a maximal visual acuity of the better eye, after correction by refractive lenses, of one-tenth normal vision or less (20/200 or less on the Snellen test).

See iceblink.

Of, relating to, or for sightless persons.

(intransitive) To close and reopen both eyes quickly.

Performed or made without the benefit of background information that might prejudice the outcome or result

(transitive) To close and reopen one's eyes to remove (something) from on or around the eyes.

Performed without preparation, experience, or knowledge

To wink; to twinkle with, or as with, the eye.

Performed by instruments and without the use of sight

To see with the eyes half shut, or indistinctly and with frequent winking, as a person with weak eyes.

Unable or unwilling to perceive or understand

To shine, especially with intermittent light; to twinkle; to flicker; to glimmer, as a lamp.

Not based on reason or evidence; unquestioning

To glance.

(Slang) Drunk.

To flash on and off at regular intervals.

Lacking reason or purpose

To flash headlights on a car at.

Incompletely or illegibly addressed

To send a signal with a lighting device.

Hidden from sight

(hyperbole) To perform the smallest action that could solicit a response.

Screened from the view of oncoming motorists

(transitive) To shut out of sight; to evade; to shirk.

Secret or otherwise undisclosed

To turn slightly sour, or blinky, as beer, milk, etc.

Closed at one end

To teleport, mostly for short distances.

Having no opening

The act of quickly closing both eyes and opening them again.

Immoderate or unrestrained

(figuratively) The time needed to close and reopen one's eyes.

(Botany) Failing to produce flowers or fruits

(computing) A text formatting feature that causes text to disappear and reappear as a form of visual emphasis.

(used with a pl. verb) Blind people considered as a group. Used with the

A glimpse or glance.

Often blinds Something, such as a window shade or a Venetian blind, that hinders vision or shuts out light.

Gleam; glimmer; sparkle

A shelter for concealing hunters, photographers, or observers of wildlife.

(nautical) The dazzling whiteness about the horizon caused by the reflection of light from fields of ice at sea; iceblink

Something intended to conceal the true nature, especially of an activity; a subterfuge.

Boughs cast where deer are to pass, in order to turn or check them.

A forced bet in poker that is placed before the cards are dealt.

(video games) An ability that allows teleporting, mostly for short distances

Without seeing; blindly.

To wink; to twinkle with, or as with, the eye.

Without the aid of visual reference

To see with the eyes half shut, or indistinctly and with frequent winking, as a person with weak eyes.

Without forethought or provision; unawares

To shine, esp. with intermittent light; to twinkle; to flicker; to glimmer, as a lamp.

Without significant information, especially that might affect an outcome or result

To turn slightly sour, as beer, mild, etc.

(Informal) Into a stupor

To shut out of sight; to avoid, or purposely evade; to shirk; as, to blink the question.

Used as an intensive

To trick; to deceive.

To deprive of sight

A glimpse or glance.

To dazzle

Gleam; glimmer; sparkle.

To deprive of perception or insight

The dazzling whiteness about the horizon caused by the reflection of light from fields of ice at sea; ice blink.

To withhold light from

Boughs cast where deer are to pass, to turn or check them.

(not comparable) Unable to see, due to physiological or neurological factors.

A reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly

(comparable) Failing to see, acknowledge, perceive.

Briefly shut the eyes;

(not comparable) Of a place, having little or no visibility.

Force to go away by blinking;

(not comparable) Closed at one end; having a dead end; exitless.

Gleam or glow intermittently;

(not comparable) Having no openings for light or passage; both dark and exitless.

Smallest or slightest.

(not comparable) Without any prior knowledge.

(not comparable) Unconditional; without regard to evidence, logic, reality, accidental mistakes, extenuating circumstances, etc.

(science) Using blinded study design, wherein information is purposely limited to prevent bias.

Unintelligible or illegible.

(horticulture) Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit.

Uncircumcised

A movable covering for a window to keep out light, made of cloth or of narrow slats that can block light or allow it to pass.

A destination sign mounted on a public transport vehicle displaying the route destination, number, name and/or via points, etc.

Any device intended to conceal or hide.

Something to mislead the eye or the understanding, or to conceal some covert deed or design; a subterfuge.

(military) A blindage.

A hiding place.

The blindside.

No score.

(poker) A forced bet: the small blind or the big blind.

(poker) A player who is forced to pay such a bet.

(transitive) To make temporarily or permanently blind.

To curse.

To darken; to obscure to the eye or understanding; to conceal.

To cover with a thin coating of sand and fine gravel, for example a road newly paved, in order that the joints between the stones may be filled.

Without seeing; unseeingly.

(colloquial) Absolutely, totally.

Without looking at the cards dealt.

As a pastry case only, without any filling.

Destitute of the sense of seeing, either by natural defect or by deprivation; without sight.

Not having the faculty of discernment; destitute of intellectual light; unable or unwilling to understand or judge; as, authors are blind to their own defects.

Undiscerning; undiscriminating; inconsiderate.

Having such a state or condition as a thing would have to a person who is blind; not well marked or easily discernible; hidden; unseen; concealed; as, a blind path; a blind ditch.

Involved; intricate; not easily followed or traced.

Having no openings for light or passage; as, a blind wall; open only at one end; as, a blind alley; a blind gut.

Unintelligible, or not easily intelligible; as, a blind passage in a book; illegible; as, blind writing.

Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit; as, blind buds; blind flowers.

To make blind; to deprive of sight or discernment.

To deprive partially of vision; to make vision difficult for and painful to; to dazzle.

To darken; to obscure to the eye or understanding; to conceal; to deceive.

To cover with a thin coating of sand and fine gravel; as a road newly paved, in order that the joints between the stones may be filled.

Something to hinder sight or keep out light; a screen; a cover; esp. a hinged screen or shutter for a window; a blinder for a horse.

Something to mislead the eye or the understanding, or to conceal some covert deed or design; a subterfuge.

A blindage. See Blindage.

A halting place.

See Blende.

People who have severe visual impairments;

A hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters);

Something that keeps things out or hinders sight;

Something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity;

Render unable to see

Make blind by putting the eyes out;

Make dim by comparison or conceal

Unable to see

Unable or unwilling to perceive or understand;

Not based on reason or evidence;