Differentiate: near point of the eye and far point of the eye

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Arpit Sundas · Accepted Answer

The differences between near point and far point of the eye are:Near pointFar point The shortest distance till which human eye can see things clearly is called near point.The furthest distance till which human eye can see things clearly is called far point.For normal adult human eye, near point is 25 cm, for children it is 15 cm.The far point for normal eye is infinity.It is affected by hypermetropia (moves further away).It is affected by myopia (moves closer).

Near point	Far point
The shortest distance till which human eye can see things clearly is called near point.	The furthest distance till which human eye can see things clearly is called far point.
For normal adult human eye, near point is 25 cm, for children it is 15 cm.	The far point for normal eye is infinity.
It is affected by hypermetropia (moves further away).	It is affected by myopia (moves closer).