Blander vs Blanker - What's the difference?
blander | blanker |
(bland)
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Mixture; union.
An agreeable summer beverage prepared from the whey of churned milk, common among the inhabitants of the Shetland Islands.
Mild; soft, gentle, balmy; smooth in manner; suave.
*1818 , (John Keats), Sonnet :
*:Where didst thou find, young Bard, thy sounding lyre? / Where the bland accent, and the tender tone?
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*:“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron;. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland , invariably affable, and from time to time squinting sideways, as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache.
Having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating.
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Lacking in taste, flavor, or vigor.
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(blank)
* 1936 , Robert Frost, "Desert Places"
(computing) An early form of screensaver that blanked out the screen display when it was not in use.
* 1987 , Howard Bornstein, Under the Apple (page 221)
As adjectives the difference between blander and blanker
is that blander is comparative of bland while blanker is comparative of blank.As a noun blanker is
an early form of screensaver that blanked out the screen display when it was not in use.blander
English
Adjective
(head)bland
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) blanden, blonden, from (etyl) .Etymology 2
From (etyl) bland, from (etyl) bland, .Alternative forms
* (Scotland)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
*Etymology 3
Ultimately from (etyl) .Adjective
(er)References
* ----blanker
English
Adjective
(head)- And lonely as it is, that loneliness
- Will be more lonely ere it will be less —
- A blanker whiteness of benighted snow
- With no expression, nothing to express.
Noun
(en noun)- These screen blankers prevent phosphor burn on your screen, which is always a danger when you leave the screen on too long.