Myopic vs Foresight - What's the difference?
myopic | foresight |
nearsighted; unable to see distant objects unaided
shortsighted; improvident
narrow minded
A short-sighted individual.
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, passage=The offbeat little girls of “Playdate,” whose mothers stumble through parenthood, are not the first characters to feel like cultural descendants of Salinger’s children, those savants, myopics , guileless nose pickers and practicing belchers who seem to glow on the page, highlighting the shallowness of the adults. }}
The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
the front sight on a rifle or similar weapon
(surveying) a bearing taken forwards towards a new object
As nouns the difference between myopic and foresight
is that myopic is a short-sighted individual while foresight is the ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.As an adjective myopic
is nearsighted; unable to see distant objects unaided.myopic
English
(Myopia)Adjective
(en adjective)- Corrective lenses compensate for the excessive positive diopters of the myopic eye.
- A stronger prescription for myopic night drivers is often needed.
Synonyms
* short-sighted * near-sightedAntonyms
* hyperopicNoun
(en noun)citation
See also
* presbyopicforesight
English
Noun
(-)- Having the foresight to prepare an evacuation plan may have saved their lives.