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collimator vs telescope

telescope vs collimator

collimator and telescope both are nouns.

collimator is not a verb while telescope is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
collimator Yes No No No
telescope Yes No Yes No
As nouns, telescope is a hypernym of collimator; that is, telescope is a word with a broader meaning than collimator:
  • collimator: a small telescope attached to a large telescope to use in setting the line of the larger one
  • telescope: a magnifier of images of distant objects
Other hypernyms of collimator include scope.
collimator (noun) telescope (noun)
optical device consisting of a tube containing a convex achromatic lens at one end and a slit at the other with the slit at the focus of the lens; light rays leave the slit as a parallel beam a magnifier of images of distant objects
a small telescope attached to a large telescope to use in setting the line of the larger one
collimator (verb) telescope (verb)
make smaller or shorter
crush together or collapse
Difference between collimator and telescope

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