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Retractable vs Telescopic - What's the difference?

retractable | telescopic |

As adjectives the difference between retractable and telescopic

is that retractable is capable of being retracted; retractile while telescopic is of, relating to, obtained with, or observable using a telescope.

As a noun retractable

is a retractable pen.

retractable

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Capable of being retracted; retractile.

    • See also

    * pull-down

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A retractable pen.
  • * 1979 , Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
    • Somewhere in the cosmos, he said,

    telescopic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • of, relating to, obtained with, or observable using a telescope
  • capable of seeing distant objects
  • capable of being extended or compressed by the use of parts that slide over one another
  • Seen or discoverable only by means of a telescope.
    • telescopic stars

    Derived terms

    * telescopic sight * telescopic vision

    Related terms

    * telescope * microscopic * macroscopic

    See also

    * naked-eye