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Perspective vs Perspection - What's the difference?

perspective | perspection |

As nouns the difference between perspective and perspection

is that perspective is a view, vista or outlook while perspection is perspective.

As an adjective perspective

is of, in or relating to perspective.

perspective

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A view, vista or outlook.
  • The appearance of depth in objects, especially as perceived using binocular vision.
  • The technique of representing three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface.
  • (figuratively) The choice of a single angle or point of view from which to sense, categorize, measure or codify experience.
  • The ability to consider things in such relative perspective
  • A perspective glass.
  • * Bishop Joseph Hall
  • A sound recording technique to adjust and integrate sound sources seemingly naturally.

    • Derived terms

    * linear perspective * metaperspective * microperspective * put something into perspective

    Related terms

    * perspicacious * perspicacity * perspicuity * perspicuous * perspicuously

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • of, in or relating to perspective
    • a perspective drawing
  • (obsolete) providing visual aid; of or relating to the science of vision; optical
    • (Francis Bacon)

    perspection

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • perspective
  • * 1931 , American Journal of Mathematics (page 340)
    • Now this set of twelve triangles has the following remarkable property — any two triangles in the same row are six-fold perspective; any two triangles in the same column are four-fold perspective with three centers of perspection on a line
  • * 1962 , Roy Martin Winger, An introduction to projective geometry (page 104)
    • Select pairs of triangles perspective from each point and such that the axes of perspection will be the lines of the figure. Show that the configuration can be regarded as made up of a complete 4-point and a complete 4-line.
  • perspicuity
  • * 1790 , The Gentleman's Magazine (volume 68, page 671)
    • he never spent his ammunition in useless parade, but tried on the proper moment, with the keenest perspection , to make his attack with success, which ever crowned his endeavours.