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Ghosting vs Blocking - What's the difference?

ghosting | blocking |

As nouns the difference between ghosting and blocking

is that ghosting is the practice of hiding prisoners from inspection from (possibly hostile) outside inspectors while blocking is the act by which something is blocked; an obstruction.

As a verb blocking is

present participle of lang=en.

ghosting

English

Noun

  • The practice of hiding prisoners from inspection from (possibly hostile) outside inspectors.
  • The effect that interference caused by a multipath reception problem has on a television screen.
  • Ghost imaging.
  • A form of identity theft in which someone steals the identity, and sometimes even the role within society, of a specific dead person (the "ghost") who is not widely known to be deceased.
  • (computing) A problem with a keyboard where certain simultaneous keypresses are not recognised.

    • blocking

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is blocked; an obstruction.
  • * Oliver Sacks, Awakenings
    • Miss H.'s voice was clear and intelligible, although it alternated between vocal blockings and extreme vocal hurry, every clause being jetted out suddenly, and rapidly decaying into aphonia.
  • (theater) The precise movement and positioning of actors on a stage in order to facilitate the performance of a play, ballet, film or opera (originally planned using miniature blocks).
  • Blocks used to support (a building, etc.) temporarily.