Exactly what is the difference between a “closure” and a “block”?

Question

I\'ve found that lots of people use the words closure and block interchangeably. Most of these people can\'t explain what they\'re talking about.

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Answer 1

The loud, bearded one has this to say about Closures and Blocks:

http://martinfowler.com/bliki/Closure.html

At one point he says a closure is a block that can be passed as an argument to a method.