What's the difference between perspective and viewpoint?

Perspective


Definition:

  • (n.) Of or pertaining to the science of vision; optical.
  • (n.) Pertaining to the art, or in accordance with the laws, of perspective.
  • (a.) A glass through which objects are viewed.
  • (a.) That which is seen through an opening; a view; a vista.
  • (a.) The effect of distance upon the appearance of objects, by means of which the eye recognized them as being at a more or less measurable distance. Hence, aerial perspective, the assumed greater vagueness or uncertainty of outline in distant objects.
  • (a.) The art and the science of so delineating objects that they shall seem to grow smaller as they recede from the eye; -- called also linear perspective.
  • (a.) A drawing in linear perspective.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Life expectancy and the infant mortality rate are considered more useful from an operational perspective and for comparisons than is the crude death rate because they are not influenced by age structure.
  • (2) It’s great to observe the beach from that perspective.
  • (3) Other than failing to get a goal, I couldn’t ask for anything more.” From Lambert’s perspective there was an element of misfortune about the first and third goals, with Willian benefitting from handy ricochets on both occasions.
  • (4) Technically speaking, this modality of brief psychotherapy is based on the nonuse of transferential interpretations, on impeding the regression od the patient, on facilitating a cognitice-affective development of his conflicts and thus obtain an internal object mutation which allows the transformation of the "past" into true history, and the "present" into vital perspectives.
  • (5) Don't we by chance come across this reciprocal spiral perspective when two people distrust one another without actually showing it?
  • (6) "From our perspective our success is mostly a London story.
  • (7) The whole film is primarily shown from the character's perspective, so 70% of the process involved working with the director of photography [Maxime Alexandre].
  • (8) The three-dimensional view obtained with scanning electron microscopy provides another perspective on the pathogenetic changes of the RCS retina.
  • (9) I see the question from a human rights perspective,” interjects Hasan.
  • (10) The present paper provides a cross-cultural perspective on these problems through description of anthropological and clinical data for a sample (N = 14) of subjects suffering from 5-alpha-reductase deficiency.
  • (11) The results were discussed from both behavioral and pharmacological perspectives.
  • (12) She attributes her interest in helping the continent to a "better perspective" on life derived from Kabbalah.
  • (13) This paper employs a cultural constructivist perspective to deconstruct these nosologies and the classificatory process itself.
  • (14) We consider this issue from a variety of perspectives.
  • (15) Two case studies will illustrate from a practical perspective how the change occurred.
  • (16) His stencils, skewed perspective and wit are recognizable enough to be mocked in the New Yorker .
  • (17) Analysis of the surgical morbidity, operations, organization of paediatric surgical service, further perspectives.
  • (18) Dealing with the experience of the Onchocerciasis control Programme in West Africa, we introduce in what perspective, it is possible to establish an environmental monitoring programme in order to minimize the impact of treatments.
  • (19) The development of the hydrogelic occlusive device called the P-block is described including developmental steps of the design of the device as well as the experience gained concerning the hydrogel of the device, shelf life, animal and human toxicology, insertion techniques, analgesia, check-up for retention in situ, actual efficacy of the method, mode of action of the device, complication rates, patient acceptance, continuation rates, possible reversibility and future perspectives of the method.
  • (20) The results of this study with regard to treatment times must be considered from the perspective of the quality of the care provided.

Viewpoint


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Ectopias of grey matter are recognised foci of epilepsy, but from an epileptological and a clinical viewpoint little attention has been given to these disorders.
  • (2) "A common viewpoint is that the radio side of the regulator is just not up to the job.
  • (3) From a practical viewpoint, this approach to prevention is less than ideal because it results in considerable costs as health care providers monitor for possible hepatotoxic effects and because it is difficult to maintain compliance for 12 months.
  • (4) The stainless steel 316 mesh tray with cancellous bone offers a method of mandibular reconstruction which theoretically is appealing from the viewpoint of basic osseous healing.
  • (5) But we can add that there is no competition, from the economical viewpoint, between the post-oedipal sublimation, type political involvement, and the preoedipal sublimation, type literary creation.
  • (6) An overview of laparoscopic sterilization techniques from a historical and practical viewpoint includes instrumentation, operative techniques, mechanical occlusive devices, anesthesia, failure rates, morbidity and mortality.
  • (7) It is shown that from a theoretical viewpoint the consideration of extra-Poisson variation is needed for descriptive epidemiological applications.
  • (8) Accordingly, under the diagnostic viewpoint, must be considered as a multidisciplinary illness.
  • (9) From the viewpoint of behavioral biology, however, the method of periodic abstinence is not obviously natural.
  • (10) These models for diffusive and carrier-mediated transport are compared and discussed from both physiological and experimental viewpoints.
  • (11) The fascinating pathogenetic, clinical, biological and therapeutic resemblances between the present syndrome and the post-infarctual syndrome of Dressler and Johnson's post-pericardiotomic syndrome are pointed out and it is suggested that complications of medical nature already described as being secondary to the installation of pacemakers, such as endocarditis and pericarditis, should be looked at from an autoimmune type of pathogenetic viewpoint.
  • (12) The failure of prognostic indicators to predict more than about 25% of the outcome variance for this group of "poor prognosis" patients supports the viewpoint that "good" and "poor" prognosis schizophrenia are two different entities.
  • (13) These data are considered from the viewpoint that ethanol, other drugs such as methadone and prenatal stress (malnutrition) may cause delayed cerebellar maturation by reducing serum T4 levels in the early postnatal period (day 5-14).
  • (14) The relationship between the pituitary and the ovary has been discussed from various viewpoints and the secretions of the ovarian chromaffin tissue and the interrenal are suggested as the possible mediators in the process of maturation and ovulation in the teleost fishes.
  • (15) Reports of interactions, in vivo and in vitro, between Ni and Mg in humoral and cellular immunity, hypersensitivity and inflammation, and in tumourigenesis are explored from a mechanistic viewpoint.
  • (16) The problem of estimating viral activity from pock counts that exhibit a substantial degree of overdispersion is revisited from the viewpoint of quasilikelihood with unknown parameters in the variance function.
  • (17) In regard to this clinical viewpoint it seems that the syndrome is not as rare as may be assumed according to the relevant autopsy findings.
  • (18) The results are discussed from the viewpoint of regulation of amidases in these bacterial cells.
  • (19) These findings are discussed from the viewpoint of the differences of skin temperatures of the extremities between Type A and Type B.
  • (20) From this viewpoint a combination of controlled fistulization and percutaneous oesophageal intubation under radiological control is a valuable alternative.