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Blinker vs Blinkered - What's the difference?

blinker | blinkered |

As verbs the difference between blinker and blinkered

is that blinker is to put blinkers on while blinkered is (blinker).

As a noun blinker

is anything that blinks, such as the turn signal of an automobile.

As an adjective blinkered is

characterized by blinkers or blinders.

blinker

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Anything that blinks, such as the turn signal of an automobile.
  • Eye shields attached to a hood for horses, to prevent them from seeing backwards and partially sideways.
  • Whatever obstructs sight or discernment.
    • (Matthew Green)
  • (rare) The eyelid.
  • (cellular automata) In , an arrangement of three cells in a row that switches between horizontal and vertical orientations in each generation.

    • Synonyms

    *(turn signal of an automobile) directional, directional signal, indicator, trafficator, turn indicator, turn signal *(eye shield for a horse) blinder * winkers

    Verb

  • To put blinkers on.
    • The farmer stopped to blinker his horse before getting into heavily trafficked area.

    See also

    * blinkers ----

    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)