sight vs peripheral vision

peripheral vision vs sight

sight and peripheral vision both are nouns.

sight is a verb but peripheral vision is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sight	Yes	No	Yes	No
peripheral vision	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, peripheral vision is a hyponym of sight; that is, peripheral vision is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than sight:

sight: the ability to see; the visual faculty
peripheral vision: vision at the edges of the visual field using only the periphery of the retina

Other hyponyms of sight include stigmatism, achromatic vision, acuity, sharp-sightedness, visual acuity, binocular vision, central vision, chromatic vision, color vision, trichromacy, distance vision, eyesight, seeing, sightedness, monocular vision, near vision, night-sight, night vision, scotopic vision, twilight vision, daylight vision, photopic vision.

sight (noun)	peripheral vision (noun)
the act of looking or seeing or observing	vision at the edges of the visual field using only the periphery of the retina
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)	peripheral vision (verb)
catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes
take aim by looking through the sights of a gun (or other device)

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