Blander vs Blinder - What's the difference?
blander | blinder |
(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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(blind)
Something that blinds
a bag or cloth put over the head of a difficult horse while it is being handled or mounted
A screen attached to a horse's bridle preventing it from being able to see things to its side.
(British, slang) An exceptional performance
As adjectives the difference between blander and blinder
is that blander is (bland) while blinder is (blind).As a noun blinder is
something that blinds.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
* ----blinder
English
Adjective
(head)Noun
(en noun)- He played a blinder this afternoon on the cricket ground.