Sight vs. Attraction — What's the Difference?

The faculty or power of seeing

The act or capability of attracting.

A thing that one sees or that can be seen

The quality of attracting; charm.

A device on a gun or optical instrument used for assisting a person's precise aim or observation

A feature or characteristic that attracts.

Manage to see or observe (someone or something); catch an initial glimpse of

A person, place, thing, or event that is intended to attract

Take aim by looking through the sights of a gun

A force exerted between bodies that tends to draw or hold them together, such as gravitational force or the electric or magnetic force between bodies of opposite polarity.

The ability to see.

The tendency to attract.

Field of vision

The feeling of being attracted.

The act or fact of seeing

(countable) An event, location, or business that has a tendency to draw interest from visitors, and in many cases, local residents.

Something seen

(chess) The sacrifice of pieces in order to expose the enemy king.

Something worth seeing; a spectacle

(linguistics) An error in language production that incorrectly extends a feature from one word in a sentence to another, e.g. when a verb agrees with a noun other than its subject.

(Informal) Something unsightly or ridiculous

An invisible power in a body by which it draws anything to itself; the power in nature acting mutually between bodies or ultimate particles, tending to draw them together, or to produce their cohesion or combination, and conversely resisting separation.

The foreseeable future; prospect

The act or property of attracting; the effect of the power or operation of attraction.

Mental perception or consideration

The power or act of alluring, drawing to, inviting, or engaging; an attractive quality; as, the attraction of beauty or eloquence.

Often sights A device used to assist aim by guiding the eye, as on a firearm or surveying instrument.

That which attracts; an attractive object or feature.

An aim or observation taken with such a device.

The force by which one object attracts another

To perceive with the eyes; get sight of

An entertainment that is offered to the public

To observe through a sight or an optical instrument

The quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts;

To adjust the sights of (a rifle, for example).

A characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts;

To take aim with (a firearm).

An entertainer who attracts large audiences;

To direct one's gaze; look carefully.

To take aim

(in the singular) The ability to see.

The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view.

Something seen.

Something worth seeing; a spectacle, either good or bad.

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.

A great deal, a lot; frequently used to intensify a comparative.

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.

Mental view; opinion; judgment.

(transitive) To see; to get sight of (something); to register visually.

(transitive) To observe though, or as if through, a sight, to check the elevation, direction, levelness, or other characteristics of, especially when surveying or navigating.

(transitive) To apply sights to; to adjust the sights of.

To observe or aim (at something) using a (gun) sight.

The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view; as, to gain sight of land.

The power of seeing; the faculty of vision, or of perceiving objects by the instrumentality of the eyes.

The state of admitting unobstructed vision; visibility; open view; region which the eye at one time surveys; space through which the power of vision extends; as, an object within sight.

A spectacle; a view; a show; something worth seeing.

The instrument of seeing; the eye.

Inspection; examination; as, a letter intended for the sight of only one person.

Mental view; opinion; judgment; as, in their sight it was harmless.

A small aperture or optical device through which objects are to be seen, and by which their direction is settled or ascertained; - used on surveying instruments; as, the sight of a quadrant.

An optical device or small piece of metal, fixed or movable, on the breech, muzzle, center, or trunnion of a gun, or on the breech and the muzzle of a rifle, pistol, etc., by means of which the eye is guided in aiming. A telescope mounted on a weapon, such as a rifle, and used for accurate aiming at distant targets is called a telescopic sight.

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 or the like, the open space, the opening.

A great number, quantity, or sum; as, a sight of money.

To get sight of; to see; as, to sight land; to sight a wreck.

To look at through a sight; to see accurately; as, to sight an object, as a star.

To apply sights to; to adjust the sights of; also, to give the proper elevation and direction to by means of a sight; as, to sight a rifle or a cannon.

To take aim by a sight.

An instance of visual perception;

Anything that is seen;

The ability to see; the faculty of vision

A optical instrument for aiding the eye in aiming, as on a firearm or surveying instrument

A range of mental vision;

The range of vision;

The act of looking or seeing or observing;

(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;

Catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes;