Difference between Blinker and Winker

What is the difference between Blinker and Winker?

Blinker as a noun is something that blinks, as the turn signal of an automobile. while Winker as a noun is a horse's blinder; a blinker.

Blinker

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To put blinkers on.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Something that blinks, as the turn signal of an automobile. Eye shields attached to a hood for horses, to prevent them from seeing backwards and partially sideways. Whatever obstructs sight or discernment: WikiQuote Eyelid. In Conway's Game of Life, an arrangement of three cells in a row that switches between horizontal and vertical orientations in each generation.

Winker

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A horse's blinder; a blinker.

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