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oculus vs ocellus

ocellus vs oculus

oculus and ocellus both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
oculus Yes No No No
ocellus Yes No No No
As nouns, ocellus is a hyponym of oculus; that is, ocellus is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than oculus:
  • oculus: the organ of sight
  • ocellus: an eye having a single lens
Other hyponyms of oculus include naked eye, peeper, oculus dexter, OD, oculus sinister, OS, simple eye, stemma, compound eye.
oculus (noun) ocellus (noun)
the organ of sight an eyelike marking (as on the wings of some butterflies); usually a spot of color inside a ring of another color
an eye having a single lens
Difference between oculus and ocellus

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