Spectacle vs Optical - What's the difference?
spectacle | optical |
Something exhibited to view; usually, something presented to view as extraordinary, or as unusual and worthy of special notice; a remarkable or noteworthy sight; a show; a pageant
* 22 March 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/]
An exciting exhibition, performance or event.
An embarrassing situation
(usually, in the plural) An optical instrument consisting of two lenses set in a light frame, and worn to assist sight, to obviate some defect in the organs of vision, or to shield the eyes from bright light.
(figuratively) An aid to the intellectual sight.
* Chaucer
(obsolete) A spyglass; a looking-glass.
The brille of a snake.
Of, or relating to sight; visual
Designed to assist or enhance sight
Of, or relating to optics
Of, or relating to visible light
Incorporating light-sensitive devices
As a noun spectacle
is something exhibited to view; usually, something presented to view as extraordinary, or as unusual and worthy of special notice; a remarkable or noteworthy sight; a show; a pageant.As an adjective optical is
of, or relating to sight; visual.spectacle
Noun
(en noun)- In movie terms, it suggests Paul Verhoeven in Robocop/Starship Troopers mode, an R-rated bloodbath where the grim spectacle of children murdering each other on television is bread-and-circuses for the age of reality TV, enforced by a totalitarian regime to keep the masses at bay.
- He made a spectacle out of himself
- Poverty a spectacle is, as thinketh me, Through which he may his very friends see.
Synonyms
* (optical instrument) glasses, eyeglasses, specsExternal links
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English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Strabismus is an optical defect.
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- A microscope is an optical instrument.
- Refraction is an optical effect.
- Optical telescopes don't work when it is cloudy.
- An optical switch opens the door automatically.