Mouth vs Eye - What's the difference?
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(anatomy) The opening of a creature through which food is ingested.
* , chapter=7
, title= The end of a river out of which water flows into a sea or other large body of water.
An outlet, aperture or orifice.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=1 (slang) A loud or overly talkative person.
(saddlery) The crosspiece of a bridle bit, which enters the mouth of an animal.
(obsolete) A principal speaker; one who utters the common opinion; a mouthpiece.
* Addison
(obsolete) Cry; voice.
(obsolete) Speech; language; testimony.
* Bible, Matt. xviii. 16
(obsolete) A wry face; a grimace; a mow.
* Shakespeare
To speak; to utter.
* Hare
To make the actions of speech, without producing sound.
To pick up or handle with the lips or mouth, but not chew or swallow.
(obsolete) To take into the mouth; to seize or grind with the mouth or teeth; to chew; to devour.
(obsolete) To form or cleanse with the mouth; to lick, as a bear licks her cub.
(obsolete) To make mouths at.
An organ through which animals see.
* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
, chapter=1 * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=17 * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author=
, title= The visual sense.
Attention, notice.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5
, passage=In the eyes of Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke the apotheosis of the Celebrity was complete. The people of Asquith were not only willing to attend the house-warming, but had been worked up to the pitch of eagerness. The Celebrity as a matter of course was master of ceremonies.}}
The ability to notice what others might miss.
* , chapter=19
, title= A meaningful stare or look.
A private eye: a privately hired detective or investigator.
* 2003 , (Erik Larson), , Random House, ISBN 0609608444, page 199
A hole at the blunt end of a needle through which thread is passed.
A fitting consisting of a loop of metal or other material, suitable for receiving a hook or the passage of a cord or line.
The relatively clear and calm center of a hurricane or other such storm.
A mark on an animal, such as a peacock or butterfly, resembling a human eye.
The dark spot on a black-eyed pea.
A reproductive bud in a potato.
(informal) The dark brown center of a black-eyed Susan flower.
A loop forming part of anything, or a hole through anything, to receive a rope, hook, pin, shaft, etc. — e.g. at the end of a tie bar in a bridge truss; through a crank; at the end of a rope; or through a millstone.
That which resembles the eye in relative importance or beauty.
* (rfdate) (William Shakespeare)
* (rfdate) (John Milton)
Tinge; shade of colour.
* (rfdate) (Boyle)
One of the holes in certain kinds of cheese.
The circle in the centre of a volute.
To observe carefully.
* 1859 , Fraser's Magazine (volume 60, page 671)
To view something narrowly, as a document or a phrase in a document.
To look at someone or something as if with the intent to do something with that person or thing.
(obsolete) To appear; to look.
* Shakespeare
In obsolete terms the difference between mouth and eye
is that mouth is to make mouths at while eye is to appear; to look.As nouns the difference between mouth and eye
is that mouth is the opening of a creature through which food is ingested while eye is an organ through which animals see.As verbs the difference between mouth and eye
is that mouth is to speak; to utter while eye is to observe carefully.As a proper noun Eye is
the comedic magazine Private Eye.mouth
English
(wikipedia mouth)Noun
(en noun)Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=I made a speaking trumpet of my hands and commenced to whoop “Ahoy!” and “Hello!” at the top of my lungs.
citation, passage=‘It was called the wickedest street in London and the entrance was just here. I imagine the mouth of the road lay between this lamp standard and the second from the next down there.’}}
- Every coffeehouse has some particular statesman belonging to it, who is the mouth of the street where he lives.
- (Dryden)
- that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established
- Counterfeit sad looks, / Make mouths upon me when I turn my back.
Synonyms
* See alsoVerb
(en verb)- He mouthed his opinions on the subject at the meeting.
- mouthing big phrases
- The prompter mouthed the words to the actor, who had forgotten them.
- The fish mouthed the lure, but didn't bite.
- (Dryden)
- (Sir Thomas Browne)
Derived terms
(mouth) * a closed mouth gathers no feet * all mouth and pants/trousers]], all mouth and no pants/[[all mouth and no trousers, trousers, all mouth * ass-to-mouth/ATM * badmouth * bad taste in one's mouth * bellmouth * big mouth * blabbermouth * born with a silver spoon in one's mouth * broadmouth * cottonmouth * dirty mouth * don't look a gift horse in the mouth * down in the mouth * dragon's mouth * dry mouth * fishmouth * flannelmouth * flutemouth * foam at the mouth * foot-and-mouth/foot and mouth * frogmouth * froth at the mouth * goalmouth * guttermouth * headmouth * hand-foot-and-mouth disease * hand-to-mouth * horse's mouth * keep one's mouth shut * largemouth * loudmouth/loud-mouth, loudmouthed/loud-mouthed * motor mouth * mouth bow * mouth-breather * mouthbreathing * mouthbrooder * mouthed/-mouthed * mouther * mouthfeel * mouth-footed * mouth harp * mouth-made * mouth of a sailor * mouth mirror * mouthful * mouthguard * mouthless * mouthlike * mouthly * mouth music * mouth off * mouth organ * mouthpart * mouthpiece * mouth-to-mouth * mouthwash * mouthwatering/mouth-watering * mouthy * out of the mouths of babes * pipemouth * poormouth * potty mouth * put one's foot in one's mouth * put one's money where one's mouth is * put words in somebody's mouth * redmouth * river mouth * run off at the mouth * saltmouth * scabby mouth * sea mouth * shoot off at the mouth * shoot one's mouth off * shut one's mouth * smallmouth * smash-mouth/smashmouth * straight from the horse's mouth * suckermouth * trench mouth * warmouth * wash your mouth out * watch your mouth * word of mouth * wrymouthSee also
* orificeeye
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl) , Tocharian A (m)). Related to ogle.Noun
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citation, passage=The face which emerged was not reassuring. It was blunt and grey, the nose springing thick and flat from high on the frontal bone of the forehead, whilst his eyes were narrow slits of dark in a tight bandage of tissue.
Fenella Saunders, magazine=(American Scientist)
Tiny Lenses See the Big Picture, passage=The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some distinct visual advantages. Such lenses can take in photons from a wide range of angles, increasing light sensitivity. They also have high spatial resolution, resolving incoming images in minute detail.}}
- Bright lights really hurt my eyes .
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets.}}
- Far more annoying were the letters from parents of missing daughters and the private detectives who had begun showing up at his door. Independently of each other, the Cigrand and Conner families had hired “eyes ” to search for their missing daughters.
- the very eye of that proverb
- Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts
- Red with an eye of blue makes a purple.
Synonyms
* (loop of metal) eyelet * (ability to notice what others might miss) perceptiveness * See alsoHyponyms
ocellusSee also
* tapetum lucidumDerived terms
* all eyes * an eye for an eye * believe one's eyes * bird's-eye view * black eye * black-eyed * blue-eyed * brown-eyed * bull's-eye * cat's eye * deadeye * electric eye * evil eye * eye lever * eye of the beholder * eye patch * eye pencil * eye shadow * eye socket * eyestrain * eye tooth * eye up * eye wash * eyeball * eyebrow pencil * eyebrow * eye-catching * -eyed * eyeful * eyeglass * eyelash * eyeless * eyelet * eyelid * eyeliner * eyely * eye-opener * eyepiece * eyes down * eyesight * eyesore * eyewitness * fish-eye lens * for your eyes only * goo-goo eyes * green-eyed * grey-eyed * hand-eye co-ordination * have eyes for * have one's eye on * have one's eye out * hook and eye * keep an eye on * keep an eye out * keep one's eye on the ball * keep one's eyes peeled * lazy eye * magic eye * make eyes at * mind's eye * * one in the eye for * oxeye * private eye * public eye * puppy-dog eyes * redeye * see eye to eye * seeing-eye dog * shut-eye * sight for sore eyes * stink eye * take one's eye off the ballVerb
- After eyeing the document for an hour she decided not to sign it.
- They went out and eyed the new car one last time before deciding.
- Each downcast monk in silence takes / His place a newmade grave around, / Each one his brother sadly eying .
- My becomings kill me, when they do not eye well to you.