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night blindness vs vision defect

vision defect vs night blindness

night blindness and vision defect both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
night blindness Yes No No No
vision defect Yes No No No
As nouns, vision defect is a hypernym of night blindness; that is, vision defect is a word with a broader meaning than night blindness:
  • night blindness: inability to see clearly in dim light; due to a deficiency of vitamin A or to a retinal disorder
  • vision defect: impairment of the sense of sight
Other hypernyms of night blindness include avitaminosis, hypovitaminosis, visual defect, visual disorder, visual impairment.
night blindness (noun) vision defect (noun)
inability to see clearly in dim light; due to a deficiency of vitamin A or to a retinal disorder impairment of the sense of sight
Difference between night blindness and vision defect

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