lens vs optical condenser

optical condenser vs lens

lens and optical condenser both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
lens	Yes	No	No	No
optical condenser	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, optical condenser is a hyponym of lens; that is, optical condenser 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
optical condenser: lens used to concentrate light on an object

Other hyponyms of lens include anastigmat, anastigmatic lens, camera lens, optical lens, compound lens, condenser, contact, contact lens, converging lens, convex lens, crown 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)	optical condenser (noun)
a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images	lens used to concentrate light on an object
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 optical condenser

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