Blackball vs. Blacklist
Difference Between Blackball and Blacklist
Blackballnoun
(countable) A rejection; a vote against admitting someone.
Blacklistnoun
A list or set of people or entities to be shunned or banned.
The software included a lengthy blacklist of disreputable websites to block.Blackballnoun
(countable) A black ball used to indicate such a negative vote.
Regardless how many other people may have voted to approve a candidate for membership, a single blackball will reject the candidate.Blacklistverb
(transitive) To place on a blacklist; to mark a person or entity as one to be shunned or banned.
You can blacklist known spammers with that button.Blackballnoun
(countable) A kind of large black sweet; a niggerball.
Blacklistnoun
a list of people who are out of favor
Blackballnoun
A substance for blacking shoes, boots, etc. or for taking impressions of engraved work.
Blacklistverb
put on a blacklist so as to banish or cause to be boycotted;
many books were blacklisted by the NazisBlackballnoun
(uncountable) A game, a standardized version of the English version of eight-ball.
reds and yellowsBlackballverb
(transitive) To vote against, especially in an exclusive organization.
If you're not from a moneyed, well-connected family, you can count on getting blackballed from the fraternity.Blackballverb
(transitive) To ostracize.
Blackballnoun
the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto
Blackballverb
expel from a community or group
Blackballverb
vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent;
The President vetoed the bill
