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CRT vs picture tube

picture tube vs CRT

CRT and picture tube both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
CRT Yes No No No
picture tube Yes No No No
As nouns, picture tube is a hyponym of CRT; that is, picture tube is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than CRT:
  • CRT: a vacuum tube in which a hot cathode emits a beam of electrons that pass through a high voltage anode and are focused or deflected before hitting a phosphorescent screen
  • picture tube: a cathode-ray tube in a television receiver; translates the received signal into a picture on a luminescent screen
Other hyponyms of CRT include Crookes tube, kinescope, television tube.
CRT (noun) picture tube (noun)
a vacuum tube in which a hot cathode emits a beam of electrons that pass through a high voltage anode and are focused or deflected before hitting a phosphorescent screen a cathode-ray tube in a television receiver; translates the received signal into a picture on a luminescent screen
Difference between CRT and picture tube

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