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Blickey vs Blicket - What's the difference?

blickey | blicket |

As nouns the difference between blickey and blicket

is that blickey is (us|dialect|dated) a tin dinner pail while blicket is (philosophy) an object with certain properties causing it to trigger a "blicket detector" (a device that lights up and plays music), introduced in certain experiments relating to causality and perception.

blickey

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (US, dialect, dated) A tin dinner pail.
    • (Bartlett)
    (Webster 1913)

    blicket

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (philosophy) An object with certain properties causing it to trigger a "blicket detector" (a device that lights up and plays music), introduced in certain experiments relating to causality and perception.
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