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Blindfold vs Blindside - What's the difference?

blindfold | blindside |

As nouns the difference between blindfold and blindside

is that blindfold is a covering, usually a bandage, for the eyes, blocking light to the eyes while blindside is (automotive) a driver's field of blindness around an automobile; the side areas behind the driver.

As verbs the difference between blindfold and blindside

is that blindfold is to cover the eyes, in order to make someone unable to see while blindside is (informal) to catch off guard; to take by surprise.

As an adjective blindfold

is having the eyes covered so as to obscure vision.

As an adverb blindfold

is with the eyes covered so as to obscure vision.

blindfold

English

(wikipedia blindfold)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A covering, usually a bandage, for the eyes, blocking light to the eyes.
    • I put a blindfold over my boyfriend's eyes and told him I had a surprise for him.
  • Something that obscures vision (literally or metaphorically).

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Having the eyes covered so as to obscure vision

    • Adverb

    (-)
  • With the eyes covered so as to obscure vision

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cover the eyes, in order to make someone unable to see.
    • Children need to be blindfolded before they hit the .
  • To obscure understanding or comprehension.

    • blindside

    English

    Alternative forms

    * blind-side

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (automotive) A driver's field of blindness around an automobile; the side areas behind the driver.
  • (rugby) the space on the side of the pitch with the shorter distance between the breakdown/set piece and the touchline; compare openside.
  • (rugby union) short for blindside flanker, a position in rugby union, usually number .
    • ''The blindside [flanker] packs down at the scrum on the blindside.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=Septembe 24 , author=Ben Dirs , title=Rugby World Cup 2011: England 67-3 Romania , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=However, after an inside pass from Moody to Tom Croft and a surge from the England blind-side , number eight James Haskell was eventually pinged from in front of the posts for not releasing.}}

    Verb

  • (informal) To catch off guard; to take by surprise.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "blindside")