different between eyeglass vs spectacle
eyeglass
English
Etymology
eye +? glass
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?a???læs/
Noun
eyeglass (plural eyeglasses)
- An artificial lens, especially one of a pair.
- A monocle.
- An eyepiece.
- (obsolete) The lens of the eye.
- c. 1611, William Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale
- Ha' not you seen, Camillo? / (But that's past doubt; you have, or your eye-glass / Is thicker than a cuckold's horn)
- c. 1611, William Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale
Translations
Anagrams
- glass eye, glasseye
eyeglass From the web:
- what eyeglasses are in style
- what eyeglass place takes medicaid
- what eyeglasses are in style for 2021
- what eyeglass stores accept care credit
- what eyeglass frames are available at costco
- what eyeglass frames fit my face
- what eyeglass stores accept medicaid
- what eyeglass stores accept vsp
spectacle
English
Etymology
From Middle English spectacle, from French spectacle, from Latin spect?culum (“a show, spectacle”), from spect? (“to see, behold”), frequentative of speci? (“to see”). See species.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sp?kt?kl?/
- Hyphenation: spec?ta?cle
Noun
spectacle (plural spectacles)
- An exciting or extraordinary scene, exhibition, performance etc.
- 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games[1]
- In movie terms, it suggests Paul Verhoeven in Robocop/Starship Troopers mode, an R-rated bloodbath where the grim spectacle of children murdering each other on television is bread-and-circuses for the age of reality TV, enforced by a totalitarian regime to keep the masses at bay.
- 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games[1]
- An embarrassing or unedifying scene or situation.
- (usually in the plural) An optical instrument consisting of two lenses set in a light frame, worn to assist sight, or to protect the eyes from bright light.
- (figuratively) Something that helps understanding.
- Povert' a spectacle is, as thinketh me, Through which he may his very friendes see.
- (obsolete) A spyglass; a looking-glass.
- The brille of a snake.
- (rail transport) A frame with different coloured lenses on a semaphore signal through which light from a lamp shines at night, often a part of the signal arm.
Synonyms
- (exciting event): show; pageant
- (optical instrument): glasses, eyeglasses, specs
Derived terms
- bespectacled
- counterspectacle
- make a public spectacle of oneself
- make a spectacle of oneself
- spectacles, testicles, wallet and watch
- superspectacle
Related terms
- species
- spectacular
- speculate
Translations
Further reading
- spectacle in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- Railway semaphore signal on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
Etymology
From Latin spectaculum, from spectare (“to look”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sp?k.takl/
- Hyphenation: spec?ta?cle
Noun
spectacle m (plural spectacles)
- a show, a spectacle, a performance, a concert
- a sight, a showing, a display
Derived terms
- se donner en spectacle
Descendants
- ? Czech: spektákl
- ? Polish: spektakl
Further reading
- “spectacle” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
spectacle From the web:
- what spectacle mean
- what spectacles suit me
- what spectacles suit my face
- what spectacles are in fashion
- what spectacle was the narrator referring to
- what spectacles suit round faces
- what does spectacle mean
- what do spectacle mean
Share
Tweet
+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share
you may also like
- eyeglass vs spectacle
- goggle vs eyeglass
- eyepiece vs eyeglass
- monocle vs eyeglass
- lens vs eyeglass
- eyeglass vs eye
- telescope vs requests
- appeals vs requests
- commends vs requests
- requests vs advice
- requests vs relies
- requests vs requested
- requests vs requestampduhttps
- lens vs glasses
- burger vs glasses
- glasses vs jugs
- glasses vs telescope
- monkey vs glasses
- macrosm vs telescope
- microendoscope vs microendoscopy