Blackball vs. Blacklist

Blackball vs. Blacklist — Is There a Difference?
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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

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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 Nazis

Blackballnoun

(uncountable) A game, a standardized version of the English version of eight-ball.

reds and yellows

Blackballverb

(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

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Blackballverb

expel from a community or group

Blackballverb

vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent;

The President vetoed the bill