Both mean that you have trouble seeing objects from a close distance.
The lenses have different strengths of magnification that enlarge small, hard-to-read words and improve near vision.
Nonetheless, depending on how your vision changes over time, presbyopia can worsen your quality of life after you begin to notice it.
This would be unlike therapeutic sampling of topical antibiotics for bacterial conjunctivitis, where the sample alone may achieve resolution without the need to fill a written prescription.
Do not drive or use machinery if vision is not clear.
This refractive assessment can help the doctor diagnose presbyopia and other vision problems.