Ostracize vs. Blackball
Difference Between Ostracize and Blackball
Ostracizeverb
To exclude (a person) from society or from a community, by not communicating with (them) or by refusing to acknowledge (their) presence; to refuse to talk to or associate with; to shun.
Blackballnoun
(countable) A rejection; a vote against admitting someone.
Ostracizeverb
(historical) To ban a person from the city of Athens for ten years.
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.Ostracizeverb
expel from a community or group
Blackballnoun
(countable) A kind of large black sweet; a niggerball.
Ostracizeverb
avoid speaking to or dealing with;
Ever since I spoke up, my colleagues ostracize meBlackballnoun
A substance for blacking shoes, boots, etc. or for taking impressions of engraved work.
Blackballnoun
(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
