action potential vs neural impulse

action potential and neural impulse both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
action potential	Yes	No	No	No
neural impulse	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, neural impulse is a hypernym of action potential; that is, neural impulse is a word with a broader meaning than action potential:

action potential: the local voltage change across the cell wall as a nerve impulse is transmitted
neural impulse: the electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber

Other hypernyms of action potential include impulse, nerve impulse, nervous impulse.

action potential (noun)	neural impulse (noun)
the local voltage change across the cell wall as a nerve impulse is transmitted	the electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber

action potential vs neural impulse

action potential and neural impulse both are nouns.

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