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Bifocal vs Reader - What's the difference?

bifocal | reader |

As an adjective bifocal

is (optics) having two focal lengths.

As a noun reader is

(religion) a person who is not ordained but is appointed to lead most services in the anglican church.

bifocal

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (optics) Having two focal lengths
  • (of a correcting lens) Divided into two parts, one of which corrects for distance vision and the other for near vision

    • Related terms

    * bifocals * trifocal

    reader

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who reads a publication.
  • A person who recites literary works, usually to an audience.
  • A proofreader.
  • (chiefly, British) A university lecturer below a professor.
  • Any device that reads something.
    • a card reader''''', ''a microfilm '''reader
  • A book of exercises to accompany a textbook.
  • A literary anthology.
  • A lay or minor cleric who reads lessons in a church service.
  • A newspaper advertisement designed to look like an news article rather than a commercial solicitation.

    • Derived terms

    * early reader

    Anagrams

    * * * English agent nouns