Marvel vs Sight - What's the difference?
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That which causes wonder; a prodigy; a miracle.
* Bible, Exodus xxxiv. 10
Wonder, astonishment.
* Sir Walter Scott
To become filled with wonderment or admiration; to be amazed at something.
* Bible, 1 John iii. 13
(obsolete) To marvel at.
(obsolete, transitive, used impersonally) To cause to marvel or be surprised.
* Richard the Redeless
(in the singular) The ability to see.
* Shakespeare
* Milton
The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view.
* Bible, Acts i. 9
Something seen.
* 2005 , Lesley Brown (translator), :
* He's a really remarkable man and it's very hard to get him in one's sights ;
Something worth seeing; a spectacle.
* Bible, Exodus iii. 3
* Spenser
A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.
A small aperture through which objects are to be seen, and by which their direction is settled or ascertained.
* Shakespeare
a great deal, a lot; (frequently used to intensify a comparative).
* Gower
* 1913 ,
In a drawing, picture, etc., that part of the surface, as of paper or canvas, which is within the frame or the border or margin. In a frame, the open space, the opening.
(obsolete) The instrument of seeing; the eye.
* Shakespeare
Mental view; opinion; judgment.
* Bible, Luke xvi. 15
To register visually.
To get sight of (something).
* , chapter=4
, title= To apply sights to; to adjust the sights of; also, to give the proper elevation and direction to by means of a sight.
To take aim at.
Marvel is a related term of sight.
In lang=en terms the difference between marvel and sight
is that marvel is to become filled with wonderment or admiration; to be amazed at something while sight is to take aim at.As nouns the difference between marvel and sight
is that marvel is that which causes wonder; a prodigy; a miracle while sight is (in the singular) the ability to see.As verbs the difference between marvel and sight
is that marvel is to become filled with wonderment or admiration; to be amazed at something while sight is to register visually.marvel
English
Noun
(en noun)- I will do marvels such as have not been done.
- Use lessens marvel .
Verb
- Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
- (Wyclif)
- But much now me marvelleth .
sight
English
Noun
- Thy sight is young, / And thou shalt read when mine begin to dazzle.
- O loss of sight , of thee I most complain!
- to gain sight of land
- A cloud received him out of their sight .
- You really look a sight in that silly costume!
- Moses said, I will now turn aside and see this great sight , why the bush is not burnt.
- They never saw a sight so fair.
- the sight of a quadrant
- their eyes of fire sparking through sights of steel
- a sight of money
- This is a darn sight better than what I'm used to at home!
- a wonder sight of flowers
- "If your mother put you in the pit at twelve, it's no reason why I should do the same with my lad."
- "Twelve! It wor a sight afore that!"
- Why cloud they not their sights ?
- In their sight it was harmless.
- (Wake)
- That which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
Synonyms
* (ability to see) sense of sight, vision * (something seen) view * (aiming device) scope, peep sightDerived terms
* sight for sore eyes * far-sighted * in sight * insight * long-sighted * near-sighted * not a pretty sight * at sight * on sight * out of sight * * outsight * second sight * short-sighted * sight cheque * sight draft * sight for sore eyes * sight gag * sight rhyme * sight unseenVerb
(en verb)Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=I was on my way to the door, but all at once, through the fog in my head, I began to sight one reef that I hadn't paid any attention to afore.}}
