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What is the difference between monocle and spectacles?

monocle | spectacles |

As nouns the difference between monocle and spectacles

is that monocle is a single lens, usually in a wire frame, and used to correct vision for only one eye while spectacles is plural of lang=en.

monocle

English

(wikipedia monocle)

Noun

(en noun)
  • a single lens, usually in a wire frame, and used to correct vision for only one eye

    • See also

    * glasses * spectacles

    Anagrams

    * ----

    spectacles

    English

    (wikipedia spectacles)

    Noun

    (head)
  • (plural only, formal) A pair of lenses set in a frame worn on the nose and ears in order to correct deficiencies in eyesight or to ornament the face.

    • Synonyms

    * eyeglasses (US), glasses, pair of eyeglasses (US), pair of glasses, pair of specs (colloquial), pair of spectacles, specs (colloquial)

    See also

    * bespectacled * bifocals * contact, contact lens * eyepiece * lens * monocle * pince-nez * shades * sunglasses * sunnies * varifocals * * ----