sharp-sightedness vs sight

sight vs sharp-sightedness

sharp-sightedness and sight both are nouns.

sharp-sightedness is not a verb while sight is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sharp-sightedness	Yes	No	No	No
sight	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, sight is a hypernym of sharp-sightedness; that is, sight is a word with a broader meaning than sharp-sightedness:

sharp-sightedness: sharpness of vision; the visual ability to resolve fine detail (usually measured by a Snellen chart)
sight: the ability to see; the visual faculty

Other hypernyms of sharp-sightedness include vision, visual modality, visual sense.

sharp-sightedness (noun)	sight (noun)
lively attentiveness	the act of looking or seeing or observing
sharpness of vision; the visual ability to resolve fine detail (usually measured by a Snellen chart)	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

sharp-sightedness (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 sharp-sightedness and sight

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