The difference between Blacklist and Blocklist
When used as nouns, blacklist means a list or set of people or entities to be shunned or banned, whereas blocklist means a list of websites or other material to be blocked.
Blacklist is also verb with the meaning: to place on a blacklist.
check bellow for the other definitions of Blacklist and Blocklist
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Blacklist as a noun (legal):
A list or set of people or entities to be shunned or banned.
Examples:
"The software included a lengthy blacklist of [[disreputable]] websites to block."
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Blacklist as a verb (transitive):
To place on a blacklist; to mark a person or entity as one to be shunned or banned.
Examples:
"You can blacklist known spammers with that button."
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Blocklist as a noun (computing):
A list of websites or other material to be blocked.
Examples:
"Every time I get spam in my inbox, I add the sender to my blocklist."