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sight vs eyesight

eyesight vs sight

sight and eyesight both are nouns.

sight is a verb but eyesight is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
sight Yes No Yes No
eyesight Yes No No No
As nouns, eyesight is a hyponym of sight; that is, eyesight is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than sight:
  • sight: the ability to see; the visual faculty
  • eyesight: normal use of the faculty of vision
Other hyponyms of sight include stigmatism, achromatic vision, acuity, sharp-sightedness, visual acuity, binocular vision, central vision, chromatic vision, color vision, trichromacy, distance vision, seeing, sightedness, monocular vision, near vision, night-sight, night vision, scotopic vision, twilight vision, daylight vision, photopic vision, peripheral vision.
sight (noun) eyesight (noun)
the act of looking or seeing or observing normal use of the faculty of vision
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
sight (verb) eyesight (verb)
catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes
take aim by looking through the sights of a gun (or other device)
Difference between sight and eyesight

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