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Eardrop vs Eyedrop - What's the difference?

eardrop | eyedrop |

As nouns the difference between eardrop and eyedrop

is that eardrop is medicine to be administered to the ear while eyedrop is medicine to be administered to the eyes.

eardrop

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Medicine to be administered to the ear.
  • (archaic) A pendant for the ear; an earring.
  • (botany) A plant of the genus Ehrendorferia in the family Papaveraceae, native to California.
  • Synonyms

    * (Ehrendorferia) bleeding heart

    eyedrop

    English

    Alternative forms

    * eye-drop * eye drop

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia eyedrop)
  • Medicine to be administered to the eyes.
  • (poetic) A tear.
  • * 1597 , , IV. v. 88:
  • My lord, I found the prince in the next room, / Washing with kindly tears his gentle cheeks, / With such a deep demeanour in great sorrow / That tyranny, which never quaff'd but blood, / Would, by beholding him, have wash'd his knife / With gentle eye-drops . He is coming hither.