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Sight vs Singularity - What's the difference?

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In obsolete terms the difference between sight and singularity

is that sight is the instrument of seeing; the eye while singularity is celibacy.

As nouns the difference between sight and singularity

is that sight is the ability to see while singularity is the state of being singular, distinct, peculiar, uncommon or unusual.

As a verb sight

is to register visually.

sight

English

Noun

  • (in the singular) The ability to see.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Thy sight is young, / And thou shalt read when mine begin to dazzle.
  • * Milton
    • O loss of sight , of thee I most complain!
  • The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view.
    • to gain sight of land
  • * Bible, Acts i. 9
    • A cloud received him out of their sight .
  • Something seen.
  • * 2005 , Lesley Brown (translator), :
  • * He's a really remarkable man and it's very hard to get him in one's sights ;
  • Something worth seeing; a spectacle.
    • You really look a sight in that silly costume!
  • * Bible, Exodus iii. 3
    • Moses said, I will now turn aside and see this great sight , why the bush is not burnt.
  • * Spenser
    • They never saw a sight so fair.
  • A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.
  • A small aperture through which objects are to be seen, and by which their direction is settled or ascertained.
    • the sight of a quadrant
  • * Shakespeare
    • their eyes of fire sparking through sights of steel
  • a great deal, a lot; (frequently used to intensify a comparative).
    • a sight of money
    This is a darn sight better than what I'm used to at home!
  • * Gower
    • a wonder sight of flowers
  • * 1913 ,
    • "If your mother put you in the pit at twelve, it's no reason why I should do the same with my lad."
    "Twelve! It wor a sight afore that!"
  • In a drawing, picture, etc., that part of the surface, as of paper or canvas, which is within the frame or the border or margin. In a frame, the open space, the opening.
  • (obsolete) The instrument of seeing; the eye.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Why cloud they not their sights ?
  • Mental view; opinion; judgment.
    • In their sight it was harmless.
    (Wake)
  • * Bible, Luke xvi. 15
    • That which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.

    Synonyms

    * (ability to see) sense of sight, vision * (something seen) view * (aiming device) scope, peep sight

    Derived terms

    * sight for sore eyes * far-sighted * in sight * insight * long-sighted * near-sighted * not a pretty sight * at sight * on sight * out of sight * * outsight * second sight * short-sighted * sight cheque * sight draft * sight for sore eyes * sight gag * sight rhyme * sight unseen

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To register visually.
  • To get sight of (something).
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  • To apply sights to; to adjust the sights of; also, to give the proper elevation and direction to by means of a sight.
  • To take aim at.

    • Synonyms

    * (visually register) see * (get sight of) espy, glimpse, spot * (take aim) aim at, take aim at

    Derived terms

    * resight

    See also

    * see * vision

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    singularity

    English

    Noun

  • the state of being singular, distinct, peculiar, uncommon or unusual
  • * Addison
    • I took notice of this little figure for the singularity of the instrument.
  • * Sir Walter Raleigh
    • Pliny addeth this singularity to that soil, that the second year the very falling down of the seeds yieldeth corn.
  • a point where all parallel lines meet
  • a point where a measured variable reaches unmeasurable or infinite value
  • (mathematics) the value or range of values of a function for which a derivative does not exist
  • (physics) a point or region in spacetime in which gravitational forces cause matter to have an infinite density; associated with black holes
  • A proposed point in the technological future at which artificial intelligences become capable of augmenting and improving themselves, leading to an explosive growth in intelligence.
  • (obsolete) Anything singular, rare, or curious.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Your gallery Have we passed through, not without much content / In many singularities .
  • (obsolete) Possession of a particular or exclusive privilege, prerogative, or distinction.
  • * Hooker
    • No bishop of Rome ever took upon him this name of singularity [universal bishop].
  • * Bishop Pearson
    • Catholicism must be understood in opposition to the legal singularity of the Jewish nation.
  • (obsolete) celibacy
    • (Jeremy Taylor)

    Derived terms

    * nonsingularity * naked singularity

    Related terms

    * single * singular

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