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Shrinking vs Blinking - What's the difference?

shrinking | blinking |

As verbs the difference between shrinking and blinking

is that shrinking is while blinking is .

As nouns the difference between shrinking and blinking

is that shrinking is the act of one who, or that which, shrinks; act of becoming smaller or moving timidly away while blinking is the act of something that blinks.

As an adjective blinking is

that or who blinks or blink.

shrinking

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who, or that which, shrinks; act of becoming smaller or moving timidly away.

    • blinking

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • That or who blinks or blink.
    • a blinking light
  • (UK, euphemism, slang) bloody
    • The blinking telly isn't working again.

    Synonyms

    * (that or who blink or blinks ): winking * (British slang ): blasted, blimming, blooming

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of something that blinks.
    • the steady blinkings of lights on the console