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Spectacled vs Spectacles - What's the difference?

spectacled | spectacles |

As an adjective spectacled

is wearing spectacles.

As a noun spectacles is

.

spectacled

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Wearing spectacles.
  • Having an appearance of wearing spectacles, especially of animals.

    • Derived terms

    * spectacled bear * spectacled coot * spectacled duck * spectacled eider * spectacled goose * spectacled snake

    Synonyms

    * bespectacled

    spectacles

    English

    (wikipedia spectacles)

    Noun

    (head)
  • (plural only, formal) A pair of lenses set in a frame worn on the nose and ears in order to correct deficiencies in eyesight or to ornament the face.

    • Synonyms

    * eyeglasses (US), glasses, pair of eyeglasses (US), pair of glasses, pair of specs (colloquial), pair of spectacles, specs (colloquial)

    See also

    * bespectacled * bifocals * contact, contact lens * eyepiece * lens * monocle * pince-nez * shades * sunglasses * sunnies * varifocals * * ----