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Blinds vs Jalousie - What's the difference?

blinds | jalousie |

As nouns the difference between blinds and jalousie

is that blinds is while jalousie is window blind.

As a verb blinds

is (blind).

blinds

English

Noun

(head)
  • window coverings, especially vertical blinds, wood blinds, roller blinds, pleated blinds.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (blind)
    • ----

    jalousie

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) A component in a ventilation system.
  • Upward sloping window slats which form a blind or shutter, allowing light and air in but excluding rain and direct sun.
  • * (rfdate) “A small lofty room, with its window wide open, and the wooden jalousie -blinds closed, so that the dark night only showed in slight horizontal lines of black, alternating with their broad lines of stone colour.”'' — Dickens, ''Tale of Two Cities

    • See also

    * blind * curtain ----