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center vs focus

focus vs center

center and focus both are nouns.

center is an adjective but focus is not an adjective.

center and focus both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
center Yes Yes Yes No
focus Yes No Yes No
As verbs, center and focus are synonyms defined as:
  • center and focus: direct one's attention on something
Other synonyms of center include centre, concentrate, pore, rivet.
center (noun) focus (noun)
a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system
(American football) the position of the player on the line of scrimmage who puts the ball in play maximum clarity or distinctness of an idea
the position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game the concentration of attention or energy on something
a building dedicated to a particular activity a fixed reference point on the concave side of a conic section
mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace a point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges
the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher a central point or locus of an infection in an organism
a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process special emphasis attached to something
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
the object upon which interest and attention focuses
the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering
politically moderate persons; centrists
the middle of a military or naval formation
a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure
an area that is approximately central within some larger region
a place where some particular activity is concentrated
(football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback
(basketball) the person who plays center on a basketball team
(ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team
center (adjective) focus (adjective)
of or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectually
equally distant from the extremes
center (verb) focus (verb)
direct one's attention on something become focussed or come into focus
move into the center put (an image) into focus
center upon direct one's attention on something
bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions
cause to converge on or toward a central point
Difference between center and focus

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