center of attention vs cynosure

center of attention and cynosure both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
center of attention	Yes	No	No	No
cynosure	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, cynosure is a hyponym of center of attention; that is, cynosure is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than center of attention:

center of attention: the object upon which interest and attention focuses
cynosure: something that strongly attracts attention and admiration

Other hyponyms of center of attention include conversation piece, crosshairs, eye-catcher.

center of attention (noun)	cynosure (noun)
the object upon which interest and attention focuses	something that strongly attracts attention and admiration
	something that provides guidance (as Polaris guides mariners)

center of attention vs cynosure

center of attention and cynosure both are nouns.

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