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A member asked:

What's the difference between cross-eyed and double vision?

4 doctors weighed in across 2 answers

Same: Crossing the eyes can lead to double vision. Double = see a split image or two of something.

Dr Eitner agreed

Answered 3/27/2012

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Not much: Crossed eyes are the appearance that the world sees when looking at you. Double vision is what you see when your eyes cross (each eye ends up looking at a different object, causing you to see two things ).

Dr Friedland agreed

Answered 4/15/2015

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