different between blacker vs blanker

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?blæk?/

Etymology 1

black (verb) +? -er

Noun

blacker (plural blackers)

1. One who blacks.
   • 1895, The Gopher: Annual Publication of the Student Body of the University of Minnesota

     Then "G. A. R." did shoulder his burden and with much labor made footprints for a hostelry afar off, where he might put it in for safe keeping, while the venders of papers and the ragged blackers of boots followed in his train and pelted him […]

Etymology 2

Adjective

blacker

1. comparative form of black: more black

English

Etymology

blank +? -er

Adjective

blanker

1. comparative form of blank: more blank
   • 1936, Robert Frost, "Desert Places"

     And lonely as it is, that loneliness

     Will be more lonely ere it will be less —

     A blanker whiteness of benighted snow

     With no expression, nothing to express.

Noun

blanker (plural blankers)

1. (computing) An early form of screensaver that blanked out the screen display when it was not in use.
   • 1987, Howard Bornstein, Under the Apple (page 221)

     These screen blankers prevent phosphor burn on your screen, which is always a danger when you leave the screen on too long.

Anagrams

• reblank

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

blanker

1. inflection of blank:
   1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
   2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
   3. strong genitive plural