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seeing vs sight

sight vs seeing

seeing and sight both are nouns.

seeing is an adjective but sight is not an adjective.

seeing is not a verb while sight is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
seeing Yes Yes No No
sight Yes No Yes No
As nouns, sight is a hypernym of seeing; that is, sight is a word with a broader meaning than seeing:
  • seeing: normal use of the faculty of vision
  • sight: the ability to see; the visual faculty
Other hypernyms of seeing include vision, visual modality, visual sense.
seeing (noun) sight (noun)
normal use of the faculty of vision the act of looking or seeing or observing
perception by means of the eyes the ability to see; the visual faculty
an instance of visual perception
the range of vision
a range of mental vision
a place of interest, especially to visitors
anything that is seen
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
seeing (adjective) sight (adjective)
having vision, not blind
seeing (verb) sight (verb)
catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes
take aim by looking through the sights of a gun (or other device)
Difference between seeing and sight

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