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collimate vs line up

line up vs collimate

collimate and line up both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
collimate No No Yes No
line up No No Yes No
As verbs, line up is a hypernym of collimate; that is, line up is a word with a broader meaning than collimate:
  • collimate: adjust the line of sight of (an optical instrument)
  • line up: place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight
Other hypernyms of collimate include adjust, align, aline.
collimate (verb) line up (verb)
adjust the line of sight of (an optical instrument) place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight
make or place parallel to something take one's position before a kick-off
arrange in ranks
form a queue, form a line, stand in line
get something or somebody for a specific purpose
form a line
Difference between collimate and line up

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