Slow vs Blind - What's the difference?

In lang=en terms the difference between slow and blind

is that slow is to become slow; to slacken in speed; to decelerate while blind is to make temporarily or permanently blind.

As adjectives the difference between slow and blind

is that slow is taking a long time to move or go a short distance, or to perform an action; not quick in motion; proceeding at a low speed while blind is (not comparable|of a person or animal) unable to see, due to physiological or neurological factors.

As verbs the difference between slow and blind

is that slow is to make (something) run, move, etc less quickly; to reduce the speed of while blind is to make temporarily or permanently blind.

As nouns the difference between slow and blind

is that slow is someone who is slow; a sluggard while blind is a covering for a window to keep out light the may be made of cloth or of narrow slats that can block light or allow it to pass.

As adverbs the difference between slow and blind

is that slow is slowly while blind is without seeing; unseeingly.

slow

English

Adjective

(er)

Taking a long time to move or go a short distance, or to perform an action; not quick in motion; proceeding at a low speed.

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Not happening in a short time; spread over a comparatively long time.

* (John Milton)

These changes in the heavens, though slow , produced / Like change on sea and land, sidereal blast.

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Of reduced intellectual capacity; not quick to comprehend.

Not hasty; not precipitate; lacking in promptness; acting with deliberation.

* The Bible, Prov. xiv. 29

He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding.

(of a clock or the like) Behind]] in time; indicating a time [[early, earlier than the true time.

Lacking spirit; deficient in liveliness or briskness.

(of a period of time) Not busy; lacking activity.

Synonyms

* See also * (taking a long time to move a short distance) deliberate; moderate * (not happening in a short time) gradual * (of reduced intellectual capacity) dull-witted * (acting with deliberation) dilatory, inactive, tardy, slothful, sluggish * (lacking spirit) boring, dull

Antonyms

* (taking a long time to move a short distance) fast, quick, rapid, swift * (of reduced intellectual capacity) prompt, quick * (acting with deliberation) hasty, precipitate, prompt * (lacking spirit) brisk, lively

Derived terms

* slow motion, slo-mo * slow-belly * slow burn * slowish * slowly * slow march * slowness * slowpoke

Verb

(en verb)

To make (something) run, move, etc. less quickly; to reduce the speed of.

To keep from going quickly; to hinder the progress of.

To become slow; to slacken in speed; to decelerate.

* '>citation

After about a minute, the creek bed vomited the debris into a gently sloped meadow. Saugstad felt the snow slow and tried to keep her hands in front of her.

Synonyms

* (keep from going quickly) delay, hinder, retard * (become slow) decelerate, slacken

Derived terms

* slower * slow up * slow down

Noun

(en noun)

Someone who is slow; a sluggard.

(music) A slow song.

Adverb

(er)

Slowly.

That clock is running slow .

* Shakespeare

Let him have time to mark how slow time goes / In time of sorrow.

Anagrams

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blind

English

Alternative forms

* (archaic) blinde

Adjective

(er)

(not comparable, of a person or animal) Unable to see, due to physiological or neurological factors.

* Shakespeare

He that is strucken blind cannot forget / The precious treasure of his eyesight lost.

* 1883 , ,

He was plainly blind , for he tapped before him with a stick, and wore a great green shade over his eyes and nose...

(not comparable, of an eye) Unable to be used to see, due to physiological or neurological factors.

(comparable) Failing to see, acknowledge, perceive.

The lovers were blind to each other's faults.

Authors are blind to their own defects.

(not comparable) Of a place, having little or no visibility.

a blind''' path; a '''blind''' ditch; a '''blind corner

* Milton

the blind mazes of this tangled wood

(not comparable) Closed at one end; having a dead end; as, a blind hole, a blind alley.

(not comparable) Having no openings for light or passage.

a blind''' wall, open only at one end; a '''blind''' alley; a '''blind gut

smallest or slightest in phrases such as

I shouted, but he didn't take a blind bit of notice.

''We pulled and pulled, but it didn't make a blind bit of difference.

(not comparable) without any prior knowledge.

He took a blind guess at which fork in the road would take him to the airport.

(not comparable) unconditional; without regard to evidence, logic, reality, accidental mistakes, extenuating circumstances, etc.

blind deference

blind punishment

* Jay

This plan is recommended neither to blind' approbation nor to ' blind reprobation.

Unintelligible or illegible.

a blind''' passage in a book; '''blind writing

(horticulture) Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit.

blind''' buds; '''blind flowers

Derived terms

* blind alley * blind as a bat * blind curve * blind date * blind drunk (See also ) * blind gut * blind map * blind pig * blind pool * blind spot * blind stamp * the blind leading the blind * blind tiger * blinders * blindfish * blindfold * blindman's buff * blinds * blindworm * double-blind * * love is blind * moon-blind * night-blind * purblind * rob somebody blind * snow-blind * stereoblind * word-blind

Noun

(en noun)

A covering for a window to keep out light. The may be made of cloth or of narrow slats that can block light or allow it to pass.

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A mounted on a public transport vehicle displaying the route destination, number, name and/or via points, etc.

Any device intended to conceal or hide.

a duck blind

Something to mislead the eye or the understanding, or to conceal some covert deed or design; a subterfuge.

(military) A blindage.

A halting place.

(Dryden)

No score.

(poker) A forced bet.

(poker) A player who is or was forced to make a bet.

Synonyms

* (destination sign) rollsign (mainly US)

Derived terms

* big blind * blinders * small blind * Venetian blind * blind map

Verb

(en verb)

To make temporarily or permanently blind.

The light was so bright that for a moment he was blinded .

Don't wave that pencil in my face - do you want to blind me?

* South

A blind guide is certainly a great mischief; but a guide that blinds those whom he should lead is a much greater.

(slang, obsolete) To curse.

* 1890 , Rudyard Kipling,

If you're cast for fatigue by a sergeant unkind,

Don't grouse like a woman, nor crack on, nor blind ;

Be handy and civil, and then you will find

That it's beer for the young British soldier.

To darken; to obscure to the eye or understanding; to conceal.

* Dryden

Such darkness blinds the sky.

* Stillingfleet

The state of the controversy between us he endeavored, with all his art, to blind and confound.

To cover with a thin coating of sand and fine gravel; as a road newly paved, in order that the joints between the stones may be filled.

Derived terms

* blind with science * blinder * blinding * blindness

Adverb

(en adverb)

Without seeing; unseeingly.

(poker, three card brag) Without looking at the cards dealt.