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Spec vs Sunglass - What's the difference?

spec | sunglass |

As nouns the difference between spec and sunglass

is that spec is (colloquial) short form of specification while sunglass is singular form of sunglasses; used chiefly in compounds.

As a verb spec

is to specify, especially in a formal specification document.

spec

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (colloquial) short form of specification
  • (colloquial) short form of speculation
  • short form of specialization
  • short form of special
  • (dialect) a special place (for hiding or viewing)
  • (Australia, Australian rules football, informal) A spectacular mark (catch) in Australian rules football.

    • Derived terms

    * on spec

    Verb

  • To specify, especially in a formal specification document.
  • * 1999 , George Buehler, The Troller Yacht Book
    • I've found some professional yards want everything specced out completely while a home builder will just do things the way he wants.
  • * 1995 , Fred Moody, I Sing the Body Electronic: A Year with Microsoft on the Multimedia Frontier
    • Could they still include the kinds of playful animations Ballinger had specced now that the scenes were more realistic-looking and less whimsical?

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    sunglass

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • Singular form of sunglasses; used chiefly in compounds
    • a sunglass holder
  • * {{quote-news, 2009, January 8, Mike Albo, Of-the-Moment, Yet So Five Months Ago, New York Times citation
    • , passage=They trekked through Europe, discovering designers like Melinda Gloss and the Italian sunglass manufacturer LGR, with whom they secured exclusive United States representation. }}
  • (archaic) A convex lens of glass for producing heat by converging the sun's rays into a focus.
    • Lighting a cigar with a sunglass — Hawthorne.