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Blindsided vs Blinkered - What's the difference?

blindsided | blinkered |

As verbs the difference between blindsided and blinkered

is that blindsided is (blindside) while blinkered is (blinker).

As an adjective blinkered is

characterized by blinkers or blinders.

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.
  • * {{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")

    blinkered

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Characterized by blinkers or blinders.
  • (figuratively) Having tunnel vision; unable to see what is happening around one.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=April 26 , author=Tasha Robinson , title=Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits : , work=The Onion AV Club citation , page= , passage=Hungry for fame and the approval of rare-animal collector Queen Victoria (Imelda Staunton), Darwin deceives the Captain and his crew into believing they can get enough booty to win the pirate competition by entering Polly in a science fair. So the pirates journey to London in cheerful, blinkered defiance of the Queen, a hotheaded schemer whose royal crest reads simply “I hate pirates.” }}

    Verb

    (head)
  • (blinker)