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Blinker vs Flasher - What's the difference?

blinker | flasher |

As a noun blinker

is indicator, direction indicator, turn signal.

As a proper noun flasher is

a city in north dakota.

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 ----

    flasher

    English

    (wikipedia flasher)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Anything that flashes, especially a device that switches a light on and off.
  • (slang) A person who exposes their genitals or female nipples.

    • Synonyms

    * exhibitionist