Blind vs Disguise - What's the difference?

Blind is a synonym of disguise.

In lang=en terms the difference between blind and disguise

is that blind is to make temporarily or permanently blind while disguise is to avoid giving away or revealing (something secret); to hide by a false appearance.

As nouns the difference between blind and disguise

is that blind is a covering for a window to keep out light the may be made of cloth or of narrow slats that can block light or allow it to pass while disguise is attire (eg clothing, makeup) used to hide one's identity or assume another.

As verbs the difference between blind and disguise

is that blind is to make temporarily or permanently blind while disguise is to change the appearance of (a person or thing) so as to hide, or to assume an identity.

As an adjective blind

is (not comparable|of a person or animal) unable to see, due to physiological or neurological factors.

As an adverb blind

is without seeing; unseeingly.

blind

English

Alternative forms

* (archaic) blinde

Adjective

(er)

(not comparable, of a person or animal) Unable to see, due to physiological or neurological factors.

* Shakespeare

He that is strucken blind cannot forget / The precious treasure of his eyesight lost.

* 1883 , ,

He was plainly blind , for he tapped before him with a stick, and wore a great green shade over his eyes and nose...

(not comparable, of an eye) Unable to be used to see, due to physiological or neurological factors.

(comparable) Failing to see, acknowledge, perceive.

The lovers were blind to each other's faults.

Authors are blind to their own defects.

(not comparable) Of a place, having little or no visibility.

a blind''' path; a '''blind''' ditch; a '''blind corner

* Milton

the blind mazes of this tangled wood

(not comparable) Closed at one end; having a dead end; as, a blind hole, a blind alley.

(not comparable) Having no openings for light or passage.

a blind''' wall, open only at one end; a '''blind''' alley; a '''blind gut

smallest or slightest in phrases such as

I shouted, but he didn't take a blind bit of notice.

''We pulled and pulled, but it didn't make a blind bit of difference.

(not comparable) without any prior knowledge.

He took a blind guess at which fork in the road would take him to the airport.

(not comparable) unconditional; without regard to evidence, logic, reality, accidental mistakes, extenuating circumstances, etc.

blind deference

blind punishment

* Jay

This plan is recommended neither to blind' approbation nor to ' blind reprobation.

Unintelligible or illegible.

a blind''' passage in a book; '''blind writing

(horticulture) Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit.

blind''' buds; '''blind flowers

Derived terms

* blind alley * blind as a bat * blind curve * blind date * blind drunk (See also ) * blind gut * blind map * blind pig * blind pool * blind spot * blind stamp * the blind leading the blind * blind tiger * blinders * blindfish * blindfold * blindman's buff * blinds * blindworm * double-blind * * love is blind * moon-blind * night-blind * purblind * rob somebody blind * snow-blind * stereoblind * word-blind

Noun

(en noun)

A covering for a window to keep out light. The may be made of cloth or of narrow slats that can block light or allow it to pass.

* '>citation

A mounted on a public transport vehicle displaying the route destination, number, name and/or via points, etc.

Any device intended to conceal or hide.

a duck blind

Something to mislead the eye or the understanding, or to conceal some covert deed or design; a subterfuge.

(military) A blindage.

A halting place.

(Dryden)

No score.

(poker) A forced bet.

(poker) A player who is or was forced to make a bet.

Synonyms

* (destination sign) rollsign (mainly US)

Derived terms

* big blind * blinders * small blind * Venetian blind * blind map

Verb

(en verb)

To make temporarily or permanently blind.

The light was so bright that for a moment he was blinded .

Don't wave that pencil in my face - do you want to blind me?

* South

A blind guide is certainly a great mischief; but a guide that blinds those whom he should lead is a much greater.

(slang, obsolete) To curse.

* 1890 , Rudyard Kipling,

If you're cast for fatigue by a sergeant unkind,

Don't grouse like a woman, nor crack on, nor blind ;

Be handy and civil, and then you will find

That it's beer for the young British soldier.

To darken; to obscure to the eye or understanding; to conceal.

* Dryden

Such darkness blinds the sky.

* Stillingfleet

The state of the controversy between us he endeavored, with all his art, to blind and confound.

To cover with a thin coating of sand and fine gravel; as a road newly paved, in order that the joints between the stones may be filled.

Derived terms

* blind with science * blinder * blinding * blindness

Adverb

(en adverb)

Without seeing; unseeingly.

(poker, three card brag) Without looking at the cards dealt.

disguise

English

Noun

(en noun)

Attire (e.g. clothing, makeup) used to hide one's identity or assume another.

''That cape and mask complete his disguise .

(figuratively) The appearance of something on the outside which masks what's beneath.

The act of disguising, notably as a ploy

''Any disguise may expose soldiers to be deemed enemy spies.

Synonyms

* camouflage * guise * mask * pretense

Verb

To change the appearance of (a person or thing) so as to hide, or to assume an identity.

Spies often disguise themselves.

* Macaulay

Bunyan was forced to disguise himself as a wagoner.

To avoid giving away or revealing (something secret); to hide by a false appearance.

He disguised his true intentions.

(archaic) To affect or change by liquor; to intoxicate.

* Spectator

I have just left the right worshipful, and his myrmidons, about a sneaker or five gallons; the whole magistracy was pretty well disguised before I gave them the ship.

Synonyms

* cloak * mask * hide

Derived terms

* disguisedly * disguisement * disguiser