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Mutoscope vs Autoscope - What's the difference?

mutoscope | autoscope |

As nouns the difference between mutoscope and autoscope

is that mutoscope is a motion-picture device of the late nineteenth century, to be viewed by one person at a time through a peephole while autoscope is an optical instrument for examining one's own eye.

mutoscope

English

Noun

(en noun) (wikipedia mutoscope)
  • A motion-picture device of the late nineteenth century, to be viewed by one person at a time through a peephole.

    • Derived terms

    * mutoscopic

    autoscope

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An optical instrument for examining one's own eye.
  • An electrical instrument for the examination of the larynx and trachea.