lens vs crown lens

crown lens vs lens

lens and crown lens both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
lens	Yes	No	No	No
crown lens	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, crown lens is a hyponym of lens; that is, crown lens is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than lens:

lens: a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images
crown lens: a lens made of optical crown glass

Other hyponyms of lens include anastigmat, anastigmatic lens, camera lens, optical lens, compound lens, condenser, optical condenser, contact, contact lens, converging lens, convex lens, concave lens, diverging lens, eyepiece, ocular, field lens, Fresnel lens, intraocular lens, meniscus, eyeglass, monocle, object glass, object lens, objective, objective lens.

lens (noun)	crown lens (noun)
a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images	a lens made of optical crown glass
electronic equipment that uses a magnetic or electric field in order to focus a beam of electrons
biconvex transparent body situated behind the iris in the eye; its role (along with the cornea) is to focus light on the retina
(metaphor) a channel through which something can be seen or understood

Difference between lens and crown lens

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