spectacle vs sight
sight vs spectaclespectacle and sight both are nouns.
spectacle is not a verb while sight is a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| spectacle | Yes | No | No | No |
| sight | Yes | No | Yes | No |
As nouns,
sight is a hypernym of
spectacle; that is, sight is a
word with a broader meaning than spectacle:
- spectacle: something or someone seen (especially a notable or unusual sight)
- sight: anything that is seen
| spectacle (noun) | sight (noun) |
|---|---|
| a blunder that makes you look ridiculous; used in the phrase `make a spectacle of' yourself | the act of looking or seeing or observing |
| an elaborate and remarkable display on a lavish scale | the ability to see; the visual faculty |
| something or someone seen (especially a notable or unusual sight) | 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 |
| spectacle (verb) | sight (verb) |
|---|---|
| catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes | |
| take aim by looking through the sights of a gun (or other device) |
Words related to "spectacle"
Words related to "sight"
- achromatic vision
- acuity
- aim
- batch
- binocular vision
- central vision
- chromatic vision
- color vision
- compass
- comprehend
- daylight vision
- deal
- deluge
- descry
- detect
- direct
- discover
- display
- distance vision
- espy
- exteroception
- eyeful
- eyesight
- find
- flock
- flood
- good deal
- grasp
- great deal
- hatful
- haymow
- heap
- inundation
- ken
- large indefinite amount
- large indefinite quantity
- look
- looking
- looking at
- lot
- mass
- mess
- mickle
- mint
- modality
- monocular vision
- mountain
- muckle
- near vision
- night vision
- night-sight
- notice
- observe
- passel
- peck
- perceive
- peripheral vision
- perspective
- photopic vision
- pile
- plenty
- position
- pot
- quite a little
- raft
- range
- reach
- rewatch
- scotopic vision
- seeing
- sense modality
- sensory system
- sharp-sightedness
- sightedness
- sighting
- slew
- spate
- spectacle
- spot
- spy
- stack
- stigmatism
- survey
- take
- take aim
- tidy sum
- torrent
- tourist attraction
- train
- trichromacy
- twilight vision
- view
- vision
- visual acuity
- visual image
- visual modality
- visual percept
- visual sense
- visual system
- wad
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