vision vs acuity

acuity vs vision

vision and acuity both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
vision	Yes	No	No	No
acuity	Yes	No	No	No

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

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

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

vision (noun)	acuity (noun)
the ability to see; the visual faculty	a quick and penetrating intelligence
the perceptual experience of seeing	sharpness of vision; the visual ability to resolve fine detail (usually measured by a Snellen chart)
a vivid mental image
the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses
a religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance

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