Blind vs. Daze

Blind vs. Daze — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Blind and Daze

Blindadjective

Unable to see, due to physiological or neurological factors.

Dazenoun

The state of being dazed

He was in a daze.

Blindadjective

Unable to be used to see, due to physiological or neurological factors.

Dazenoun

(mining) A glittering stone.

Blindadjective

(comparable) Failing to see, acknowledge, perceive.

The lovers were blind to each other's faults.Authors are blind to their own defects.

Dazeverb

(transitive) To stun or stupefy, for example with bright light, with a blow, with cold, or with fear

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Blindadjective

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

a blind path; a blind ditch; a blind corner

Dazenoun

the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally;

his mother's deathleft him in a dazehe was numb with shock

Blindadjective

(not comparable) Closed at one end; having a dead end

a blind gut

Dazenoun

confusion characterized by lack of clarity

Blindadjective

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

a blind wall, a blind alley

Dazeverb

to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light;

She was dazzled by the bright headlights
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Blindadjective

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.

Dazeverb

overcome as with astonishment or disbelief;

The news stunned her

Blindadjective

(not comparable) without any prior knowledge.

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

Blindadjective

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

blind deferenceblind justiceblind punishment

Blindadjective

Unintelligible or illegible.

a blind passage in a book; blind writing

Blindadjective

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

blind buds; blind flowers

Blindnoun

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

Blindnoun

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

Blindnoun

Any device intended to conceal or hide.

a duck blind

Blindnoun

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

Blindnoun

(military) A blindage.

Blindnoun

A halting place.

Blindnoun

No score.

Blindnoun

(poker) A forced bet: the small blind or the big blind.

The blinds are $10/$20 and the ante is $1.

Blindnoun

(poker) A player who is forced to pay such a bet.

The blinds immediately folded when I reraised.

Blindnoun

(as a plural) Those who are blind, taken as a group.

Braille is a writing system for the blind.

Blindverb

(transitive) 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?

Blindverb

To curse.

Blindverb

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

Blindverb

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

Blindadverb

Without seeing; unseeingly.

Blindadverb

Without looking at the cards dealt.

Blindnoun

people who have severe visual impairments;

he spent hours reading to the blind

Blindnoun

a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters);

he waited impatiently in the blind

Blindnoun

something that keeps things out or hinders sight;

they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet

Blindnoun

something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity;

he wasn't sick--it was just a subterfugethe holding company was just a blind

Blindverb

render unable to see

Blindverb

make blind by putting the eyes out;

The criminals were punished and blinded

Blindverb

make dim by comparison or conceal

Blindadjective

unable to see

Blindadjective

unable or unwilling to perceive or understand;

blind to a lover's faultsblind to the consequences of their actions

Blindadjective

not based on reason or evidence;

blind hatredblind faithunreasoning panic