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Lentoid vs Lenticular - What's the difference?

lentoid | lenticular |

As adjectives the difference between lentoid and lenticular

is that lentoid is having the form of a lens; lens-shaped while lenticular is of or pertaining to a lens.

As a noun lenticular is

a lenticular image.

lentoid

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having the form of a lens; lens-shaped.
    • (Webster 1913)

    lenticular

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to a lens.
  • Shaped like a biconvex lens.
  • *
    • The sporophyte foot is also characteristic: it is very broad and more or less lenticular or disciform, as broad or broader than the calyptra stalk
  • Relating to a lenticular image.

    • Synonyms

    * (shaped like a biconvex lens) lentiform

    Related terms

    * lens * lensoidal * lenticel

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A lenticular image.
  • A lenticular galaxy.