blinker vs winker

blinker

noun
  • The eyelid. 

  • Anything that blinks, such as the turn signal of an automobile. 

  • Eye shields attached to a hood for horses, to prevent them from seeing backwards and partially sideways. 

  • A black eye. 

  • In Conway's Game of Life, an arrangement of three cells in a row that switches between horizontal and vertical orientations in each generation. 

  • Whatever obstructs sight or discernment. 

verb
  • To put blinkers on. 

winker

noun
  • An eye. 

  • A screen attached to the bridle of a horse or other domesticated animal preventing it from being able to see things to its side. 

  • An eyelash. 

  • A small bellows in an organ, regulated by a spring, controlling variations of wind pressure. 

  • A player of the game of tiddlywinks. 

  • Somebody who winks; somebody who connives. 

  • The winking membrane of a bird's eye; the winking muscle. 

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