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Binoculars vs Telescopes - What's the difference?

binoculars | telescopes |

As nouns the difference between binoculars and telescopes

is that binoculars is a hand-held device consisting of a series of lenses and prisms, used to magnify objects so that they can be better seen from a distance, and looked at through both eyes while telescopes is plural of telescope.

binoculars

Noun

  • A hand-held device consisting of a series of lenses and prisms, used to magnify objects so that they can be better seen from a distance, and looked at through both eyes.
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  • Usage notes

    * A single device is called a pair of binoculars, and the plural "pairs of binoculars" is used for more than one device.

    Synonyms

    * binocs * field glasses * spyglass

    See also

    * binocular * (wikipedia "binoculars")

    telescopes

    English

    Noun

    (head)