different between linker vs blinker

English

Etymology

link +? -er

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?l??k?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?l??k?/
• Rhymes: -??k?(?)

Noun

linker (plural linkers)

1. That which links.
2. (software compilation) a computer program that takes one or more objects generated by compilers and assembles them into a single executable program.
3. (genetics) A short oligonucleotide containing a recognition sequence for a restriction enzyme, used to blunt the ends of sticky DNA segments.
4. (grammar) A word or short expression that links clauses or other syntactic elements.
5. (finance, informal) A linked bond, one for which the principal is indexed to inflation.

Synonyms

• link editor

Derived terms

• linker DNA

Translations

Verb

linker (third-person singular simple present linkers, present participle linkering, simple past and past participle linkered)

1. (genetics) To ligate a DNA segment using a linker.
   • 1994, Ray Shillito et al., "Zea mays plants regenerated from protoplasts or protoplast-derived cells", US Patent 5770450, page 52:

     38. The plasmid pRK252 Km is cut with ecoRI, blunt-ended using Klenow, and linkered with BgIII linkers (New England Biolabs).

Anagrams

• Kerlin, klerin, relink

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??k?r

Adjective

linker (not comparable)

1. left

   Er zit een vlek op je linker broekspijp.

   There’s a spot on your left trouserleg.

Inflection

Synonyms

• links

Antonyms

• rechter

Adjective

linker

1. Comparative form of link

German

Etymology

From Middle High German linc, lenc also: linkisch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l??k?/
• Hyphenation: lin?ker

Adjective

linker (not comparable)

1. left

Declension

Derived terms

• halblinks, links, linksdrehend, Linkshänder

Related terms

• Linke
• links

See also

• rechter

English

Etymology

blink +? -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bl??k?(?)/
• Rhymes: -??k?(r)

Noun

blinker (plural blinkers)

1. (informal, US, automotive) Anything that blinks, such as the turn signal of an automobile.
3. Eye shields attached to a hood for horses, to prevent them from seeing backwards and partially sideways.
4. Whatever obstructs sight or discernment.
   • 1732, Matthew Green, Grotto

     This floor let not the vulgar tread,
     Who worship only what they dread:
     Nor bigots who but one way see,
     Through blinkers of authority

5. (rare) The eyelid.
6. (slang) A black eye.
   • 2011, Mari Christie, Concrete Loyalties (page 419)

     The next morning, Jimmy came home with a fat lip and a black eye. Flory rushed over to tend to him. “Ain't nothin'. Just a blinker... had a fight with a guy. […]

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

Synonyms

• (turn signal of an automobile): directional, directional signal, indicator, trafficator, turn indicator, turn signal
• (eye shield for a horse): blinder, winker

Translations

Verb

blinker (third-person singular simple present blinkers, present participle blinkering, simple past and past participle blinkered)

1. (transitive) To put blinkers on.

   The farmer stopped to blinker his horse before riding into an area of heavy traffic.

See also

• blinkers

Danish

Verb

blinker

1. present of blinke

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

blinker m

1. indefinite plural of blink

Verb

blinker

1. present of blinke