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Blindsided vs Blindfolded - What's the difference?

blindsided | blindfolded |

As verbs the difference between blindsided and blindfolded

is that blindsided is past tense of blindside while blindfolded is past tense of blindfold.

As an adjective blindfolded is

wearing a blindfold.

blindsided

English

Verb

(head)
  • (blindside)

    • 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.
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    • , 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")

    blindfolded

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (blindfold)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Wearing a blindfold

    • 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.