accelerator vs cyclotron

cyclotron vs accelerator

accelerator and cyclotron both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
accelerator	Yes	No	No	No
cyclotron	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, cyclotron is a hyponym of accelerator; that is, cyclotron is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than accelerator:

accelerator: a scientific instrument that increases the kinetic energy of charged particles
cyclotron: an accelerator that imparts energies of several million electron-volts to rapidly moving particles

Other hyponyms of accelerator include betatron, induction accelerator, charge-exchange accelerator, Cockcroft-Walton accelerator, Cockcroft-Walton voltage multiplier, Cockcroft and Walton accelerator, Cockcroft and Walton voltage multiplier, collider, linac, linear accelerator.

accelerator (noun)	cyclotron (noun)
a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine	an accelerator that imparts energies of several million electron-volts to rapidly moving particles
a scientific instrument that increases the kinetic energy of charged particles
a pedal that controls the throttle valve
(chemistry) a substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected

Difference between accelerator and cyclotron

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