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Sunglass vs Spectacles - What's the difference?

sunglass | spectacles |

As nouns the difference between sunglass and spectacles

is that sunglass is singular form of {{term|sunglasses|lang=en}}; used chiefly in compounds while spectacles is plural of lang=en.

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.

    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 * * ----