different between myopia vs nearsighted

English

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ?????? (mu?pía, “shortsightedness”), from ??? (mú?, “to shut eyes”) +? ?? (?ps, “view”) +? -?? (-ía).

myopia (countable and uncountable, plural myopias)

(pathology) A disorder of the vision where distant objects appear blurred because the eye focuses their images in front of the retina instead of on it.
Synonyms: shortsightedness, nearsightedness
Antonym: hyperopia
Coordinate term: presbyopia
(figuratively) A lack of imagination, discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning.

myopia f (uncountable)

Obsolete spelling of miopia (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).

nearsighted (comparative more nearsighted, superlative most nearsighted)

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