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Blind vs Stitch - What's the difference?

blind | stitch |

In lang=en terms the difference between blind and stitch

is that blind is to make temporarily or permanently blind while stitch is to practice/practise stitching or needlework.

As nouns the difference between blind and stitch

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 stitch is a single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.

As verbs the difference between blind and stitch

is that blind is to make temporarily or permanently blind while stitch is to form stitches in; especially, to sew in such a manner as to show on the surface a continuous line of stitches.

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

    See also

    * invisible (unable to be seen ) * anosmic * deaf * print disabled

    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

    See also

    * curtain * jalousie

    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.
  • stitch

    English

    (wikipedia stitch)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) stiche, from (etyl) . More at (l).

    Noun

    (es)
  • A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.
  • An arrangement of stitches in sewing, or method of stitching in some particular way or style.
  • cross stitch
    herringbone stitch
  • (sports) An intense stabbing pain under the lower edge of the ribcage, caused by internal organs pulling downwards on the diaphragm during exercise.
  • A single turn of the thread round a needle in knitting; a link, or loop, of yarn
  • drop a stitch
    take up a stitch
  • An arrangement of stitches in knitting, or method of knitting in some particular way or style.
  • A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass of the needle.
  • Hence, by extension, any space passed over; distance.
  • :: You have gone a good stitch. — .
  • :: In Syria the husbandmen go lightly over with their plow, and take no deep stitch in making their furrows. — Holland.
  • A local sharp pain; an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle.
  • a stitch in the side
  • *
  • He was taken with a cold and with stitches, which was, indeed, a pleurisy.
  • (obsolete) A contortion, or twist.
  • * Marston
  • If you talk, Or pull your face into a stitch again, I shall be angry.
  • (colloquial) Any least part of a fabric or dress.
  • to wet every stitch of clothes.
    She didn't have a stitch on
  • A furrow.
  • (Chapman)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl)

    Verb

  • To form stitches in; especially, to sew in such a manner as to show on the surface a continuous line of stitches.
  • to stitch a shirt bosom.
  • To sew, or unite or attach by stitches.
  • to stitch printed sheets in making a book or a pamphlet.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=November 10 , author=Jeremy Wilson , title=tEngland Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report , work=Telegraph citation , page= , passage=With such focus from within the footballing community this week on Remembrance Sunday, there was something appropriate about Colchester being the venue for last night’s game. Troops from the garrison town formed a guard of honour for both sets of players, who emerged for the national anthem with poppies proudly stitched into their tracksuit jackets. }}
  • (agriculture) To form land into ridges.
  • To practice/practise stitching or needlework.
  • (computing, graphics) To combine two or more photographs of the same scene into a single image.
  • I can use this software to stitch together a panorama.
    Synonyms
    * (form stitches in ): sew * (unite by stitches ): sew, sew together, stitch together * (form land into ridges''): plough (''British''), plow (''US )

    Derived terms

    * a stitch in time saves nine * blanket stitch * be in stitches * cable stitch * chain stitch * cross-stitch * drop a stitch * garter stitch * herringbone stitch * in stitches * lock stitch * moss stitch * pearl stitch, purl stitch * rib stitch * running stitch * stem stitch * stitch up * stocking stitch * take up a stitch