Difference between Eyeball and Eye

What is the difference between Eyeball and Eye?

Eyeball as a noun is the ball of the eye while Eye as a noun is an organ that is sensitive to light, which it converts to electrical signals passed to the brain, by which means animals see.

Eyeball

Part of speech: noun

Definition: the ball of the eye

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To gauge, estimate or judge by eye; to look or glance at. To scrutinize

Eye

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To observe carefully.To view something narrowly, as a document or a phrase in a document.To look at someone or something as if with the intent to do something with that person or thing.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An organ that is sensitive to light, which it converts to electrical signals passed to the brain, by which means animals see.The visual sense.Attention, notice.The ability to notice what others might miss.A meaningful stare or look.A private eye: a privately hired detective or investigator.A hole at the blunt end of a needle through which thread is passed.A fitting consisting of a loop of metal or other material, suitable for receiving a hook or the passage of a cord or line.The relatively clear and calm center of a hurricane or other such storm.A mark on an animal, such as a peacock or butterfly, resembling a human eye.The dark spot on a black-eyed pea.A reproductive bud in a potato.

Example sentence: When you see a person, do you just concentrate on their looks? It's just a first impression. Then there's someone who doesn't catch your eye immediately, but you talk to them and they become the most beautiful thing in the world. The greatest actors aren't what you would call beautiful sex symbols.

We hope you now know whether to use Eyeball or Eye in your sentence.

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