Sightlessness vs. Blindness — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Sightlessness and Blindness
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Definitions
Sightlessness
Unable to see with the eyes; blind.
Blindness
Unable to see with the eyes; sightless.
Sightlessness
Invisible.
Blindness
Having a maximal visual acuity of the better eye, after correction by refractive lenses, of one-tenth normal vision or less (20/200 or less on the Snellen test).
Sightlessness
The characteristic of being sightless; blindness
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Blindness
Of, relating to, or for sightless persons.
Sightlessness
Lack of sight
Blindness
Performed or made without the benefit of background information that might prejudice the outcome or result
Blind taste tests used in marketing studies.
Blindness
Performed without preparation, experience, or knowledge
A blind stab at answering the question.
Blindness
Performed by instruments and without the use of sight
Blind navigation.
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Blindness
Unable or unwilling to perceive or understand
Blind to a lover's faults.
Blindness
Not based on reason or evidence; unquestioning
Put blind faith in their leaders.
Blindness
(Slang) Drunk.
Blindness
Lacking reason or purpose
Blind fate.
Blind choice.
Blindness
Incompletely or illegibly addressed
Blind mail.
Blindness
Hidden from sight
A blind seam.
Blindness
Screened from the view of oncoming motorists
A blind driveway.
Blindness
Secret or otherwise undisclosed
A blind item in a military budget.
Blindness
Closed at one end
A blind socket.
A blind passage.
Blindness
Having no opening
A blind wall.
Blindness
Immoderate or unrestrained
Blind rage.
Blindness
(Botany) Failing to produce flowers or fruits
A blind bud.
Blindness
(used with a pl. verb) Blind people considered as a group. Used with the
A radio station for reading to the blind.
Blindness
Often blinds Something, such as a window shade or a Venetian blind, that hinders vision or shuts out light.
Blindness
A shelter for concealing hunters, photographers, or observers of wildlife.
Blindness
Something intended to conceal the true nature, especially of an activity; a subterfuge.
Blindness
A forced bet in poker that is placed before the cards are dealt.
Blindness
Without seeing; blindly.
Blindness
Without the aid of visual reference
Flew blind through the fog.
Blindness
Without forethought or provision; unawares
Entered into the scheme blind.
Blindness
Without significant information, especially that might affect an outcome or result
“When you read blind, you see everything but the author” (Margaret Atwood).
Blindness
(Informal) Into a stupor
Drank themselves blind.
Blindness
Used as an intensive
Thieves in the bazaar robbed us blind.
Blindness
To deprive of sight
Was blinded in an industrial accident.
Blindness
To dazzle
Skiers temporarily blinded by sunlight on snow.
Blindness
To deprive of perception or insight
Prejudice that blinded them to the proposal's merits.
Blindness
To withhold light from
Thick shrubs blinded our downstairs windows.
Blindness
The condition of being blind; unable to see.
Blindness
(figuratively) Want of intellectual or moral discernment; mental darkness; ignorance, heedlessness.
Blindness
(obsolete) concealment
Blindness
State or condition of being blind, literally or figuratively.
Blindness
Lack of sight
