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Blocked vs Blockee - What's the difference?

blocked | blockee |

As an adjective blocked

is obstructed impeding general movement.

As a verb blocked

is past tense and past participle of to block.

As a noun blockee is

one who, or that which, is blocked.

blocked

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • obstructed impeding general movement.
    • This road is blocked , so we must find another route.
  • obstructed impeding total flow in a pipe, etc.
    • The drain is '''blocked'', so we must call the plumber.

    Verb

    (head)
  • Past tense and past participle of to block .

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    blockee

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (rare) One who, or that which, is blocked.
  • * 1992 , Jane Dentinger, Dead Pan
    • O'Roarke thought Gabby's observation was fairly accurate, more accurate than she intended since she, herself, was also among the blockees .
  • * 2003 , Thomas Kyte, Effective Oracle by design
    • This is an artificial deadlock situation, where the blocker cannot free the blockees , since the blockees have all of the shared servers tied up.