Blanky vs Blanker - What's the difference?

As a noun blanky

is .

(blankies)

* {{quote-news, year=2009, date=June 18, author=Cintra Wilson, title=A Spirit in a Material World, work=New York Times citation

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(head)

(blank)

* 1936 , Robert Frost, "Desert Places"

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.

(en noun)

(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)

These screen blankers prevent phosphor burn on your screen, which is always a danger when you leave the screen on too long.

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