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optical lens vs lens

lens vs optical lens

optical lens and lens both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
optical lens Yes No No No
lens Yes No No No
As nouns, lens is a hypernym of optical lens; that is, lens is a word with a broader meaning than optical lens:
  • optical lens: a lens that focuses the image in a camera
  • lens: a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images
Other hypernyms of optical lens include lens system, lense.
optical lens (noun) lens (noun)
a lens that focuses the image in a camera a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images
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 optical lens and lens

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