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Contacts vs Spectacles - What's the difference?

contacts | spectacles |

As nouns the difference between contacts and spectacles

is that contacts is while spectacles is .

As a verb contacts

is (contact).

contacts

English

Noun

(head)
  • contact lenses

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (contact)
    • ----

    spectacles

    English

    (wikipedia spectacles)

    Noun

    (head)
  • (plural only, formal) A pair of lenses set in a frame worn on the nose and ears in order to correct deficiencies in eyesight or to ornament the face.

    • Synonyms

    * eyeglasses (US), glasses, pair of eyeglasses (US), pair of glasses, pair of specs (colloquial), pair of spectacles, specs (colloquial)

    See also

    * bespectacled * bifocals * contact, contact lens * eyepiece * lens * monocle * pince-nez * shades * sunglasses * sunnies * varifocals * * ----