different between blackball vs ostracise

English

Etymology

black +? ball

Pronunciation

• enPR: bl?k'bôl', IPA^(key): /?blækb??l/

Noun

blackball (countable and uncountable, plural blackballs)

1. (countable) A rejection; a vote against admitting someone.
2. (countable) A black ball used to indicate such a negative vote.

3. (countable) A kind of large black sweet; a niggerball.
4. A substance for blacking shoes, boots, etc. or for taking impressions of engraved work.
5. (uncountable) A game, a standardized version of the English version of eight-ball.

   Synonym: reds and yellows

Verb

blackball (third-person singular simple present blackballs, present participle blackballing, simple past and past participle blackballed)

1. (transitive) To vote against, especially in an exclusive organization.
2. (transitive) To ostracize.

   Synonyms: blacklist, send to Coventry; see also Thesaurus:ignore, Thesaurus:boycott

English

Verb

ostracise (third-person singular simple present ostracises, present participle ostracising, simple past and past participle ostracised)

1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of ostracize.

Anagrams

• Croatises, Socratise

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: ostracisent, ostracises

Verb

ostracise

1. first-person singular present indicative of ostraciser
2. third-person singular present indicative of ostraciser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of ostraciser
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of ostraciser
5. second-person singular imperative of ostraciser