near-blind vs sand-blind

near-blind and sand-blind both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
near-blind	No	Yes	No	No
sand-blind	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, near-blind and sand-blind are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of near-blind include dim-sighted, purblind, visually challenged, visually impaired.

near-blind (adjective)	sand-blind (adjective)
having greatly reduced vision	having greatly reduced vision