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Otic vs Optic - What's the difference?

otic | optic |

As adjectives the difference between otic and optic

is that otic is of, relating/pertaining to, or located near the ear while optic is of, or relating to the eye or to vision.

As a noun optic is

an eye.

otic

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (label) of, relating/pertaining to, or located near the ear
    • Otic preparations are used to treat infections of the ear canal.

    Synonyms

    * acoustic * auditory * auricular

    Derived terms

    * otic bone * otic capsule * otic ganglion * otitis * otolith * otology * otolaryngology * otorhinolaryngology * otoscope * otosclerosis * otosis * periotic

    optic

    English

    Alternative forms

    * optick (obsolete) * optique (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of, or relating to the eye or to vision.
  • * Milton
    • The moon, whose orb / Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views.
  • Of, or relating to optics or optical instruments.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An eye.
  • *(Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
  • *:The difference is as great between / The optics seeing, as the object seen.
  • *1819 , (Lord Byron), Don Juan , I:
  • *:how they, / Who saw those figures on the margin kiss all, / Could turn their optics to the text and pray, / Is more than I know
  • *
  • *:Elbows almost touching they leaned at ease, idly reading the almost obliterated lines engraved there. ΒΆ ("I never) understood it," she observed, lightly scornful. "What occult meaning has a sun-dial for the spooney? I'm sure I don't want to read riddles in a strange gentleman's optics ."
  • A lens or other part of an optical instrument that interacts with light.
  • *{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Fenella Saunders, magazine=(American Scientist)
    • , title= Tiny Lenses See the Big Picture , passage=The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some distinct visual advantages. Such lenses can take in photons from a wide range of angles, increasing light sensitivity. They also have high spatial resolution, resolving incoming images in minute detail.}}
  • A measuring device with a small window, attached to an upside-down bottle, used to dispense alcoholic drinks in a bar.

    • Related terms

    * optics * optical

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