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Flanker vs Blindside - What's the difference?

flanker | blindside |

In rugby|lang=en terms the difference between flanker and blindside

is that flanker is (rugby) a player who plays in the back row of the scrum while blindside is (rugby) the space on the side of the pitch with the shorter distance between the breakdown/set piece and the touchline; compare openside.

As nouns the difference between flanker and blindside

is that flanker is (rugby) a player who plays in the back row of the scrum while blindside is (automotive) a driver's field of blindness around an automobile; the side areas behind the driver.

As verbs the difference between flanker and blindside

is that flanker is (obsolete) to defend by lateral fortifications while blindside is (informal) to catch off guard; to take by surprise.

flanker

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (rugby) A player who plays in the back row of the scrum.
  • (American football) A wide receiver who lines up behind the line of scrimmage.
  • (military) A fortification or soldier projecting so as to defend another work or to command the flank of an assailing body.
  • * (Washington Irving)
    • They threw out flankers , and endeavored to dislodge their assailants.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To defend by lateral fortifications.
  • (obsolete) To attack sideways.
    • (Evelyn)
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    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")