What is the difference between blackout and outage?
blackout | outage |
a temporary loss of consciousness
a temporary loss of memory
a large-scale power failure, and resulting loss of electricity to consumers
* "The repairs at the Koeberg Power Station in the Western Cape were on schedule for completion in the third week of May. This follows huge blackouts related to the problems at the power supplier since November. Weekend Argus May 13/14 2006 p.5.
the mandatory blocking of all light emanating from buildings as imposed during World War II
A temporary suspension of operation, especially of electrical power supply.
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As nouns the difference between blackout and outage
is that blackout is a temporary loss of consciousness while outage is a temporary suspension of operation, especially of electrical power supply.blackout
English
Noun
(en noun)Alternative forms
* black-outSynonyms
* (temporary loss of consciousness) pass outDerived terms
* blackout lampSee also
* brownout * whiteoutoutage
English
Noun
(en noun)Out of the gloom, passage=[Rural solar plant] schemes are of little help to industry or other heavy users of electricity. Nor is solar power yet as cheap as the grid. For all that, the rapid arrival of electric light to Indian villages is long overdue. When the national grid suffers its next huge outage , as it did in July 2012 when hundreds of millions were left in the dark, look for specks of light in the villages.}}