lens vs diverging lens

diverging lens vs lens

lens and diverging lens both are nouns.

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

As nouns, diverging lens is a hyponym of lens; that is, diverging 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
diverging lens: a lens such that a parallel beam of light passing through it is caused to diverge or spread out

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

lens (noun)	diverging lens (noun)
a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images	a lens such that a parallel beam of light passing through it is caused to diverge or spread out
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 diverging lens

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