sight vs sharp-sightedness

sharp-sightedness vs sight

sight and sharp-sightedness both are nouns.

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

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

As nouns, sharp-sightedness is a hyponym of sight; that is, sharp-sightedness is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than sight:

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

Other hyponyms of sight include stigmatism, achromatic vision, acuity, 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, peripheral vision.

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