Eyewear vs Glasses - What's the difference?
eyewear | glasses |
A vision aid or similar device worn over the eyes, such as eyeglasses, contact lenses, or protective goggles.
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(pluralonly) spectacles, frames bearing two lenses worn in front of the eyes
As nouns the difference between eyewear and glasses
is that eyewear is a vision aid or similar device worn over the eyes, such as eyeglasses, contact lenses, or protective goggles while glasses is .eyewear
English
Noun
(-)Wise Owl Club inducts two," St. Petersburg Times / Manatee Times , p. 3 (retrieved 1 Sep 2010):
- Use of safety eyewear by Jones saved his sight when he was holding a chisel, another employe lifted up a hammer to hit the chisel and accidentally struck Jones in the nose and safety glasses.
Health & Fitness: Do Your Shades Do the Job?," ''Time :
- ANSI divides sunglasses into three categories: fashion spectacles that shield eyes from only 70% of UV-B and less than 60% of UV-A; everyday eyewear that screens out 95% of UV-B and between 60% and 92% of UV-A; and special-purpose glasses that absorb almost 99% of ultraviolet rays.