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telescope vs collimator

collimator vs telescope

telescope and collimator both are nouns.

telescope is a verb but collimator is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
telescope Yes No Yes No
collimator Yes No No No
As nouns, collimator is a hyponym of telescope; that is, collimator is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than telescope:
  • telescope: a magnifier of images of distant objects
  • collimator: a small telescope attached to a large telescope to use in setting the line of the larger one
telescope (noun) collimator (noun)
a magnifier of images of distant objects optical device consisting of a tube containing a convex achromatic lens at one end and a slit at the other with the slit at the focus of the lens; light rays leave the slit as a parallel beam
a small telescope attached to a large telescope to use in setting the line of the larger one
telescope (verb) collimator (verb)
make smaller or shorter
crush together or collapse
Difference between telescope and collimator

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