afferent vs posterior horn

afferent and posterior horn both are nouns.

afferent is an adjective but posterior horn is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
afferent	Yes	Yes	No	No
posterior horn	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, posterior horn is a hyponym of afferent; that is, posterior horn is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than afferent:

afferent: a nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system
posterior horn: one of two roots of a spinal nerve that passes dorsally from the spinal cord and that consists of sensory fibers

Other hyponyms of afferent include dorsal horn, dorsal root, posterior root, fillet, lemniscus.

afferent (noun)	posterior horn (noun)
a nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system	one of two roots of a spinal nerve that passes dorsally from the spinal cord and that consists of sensory fibers

afferent (adjective)	posterior horn (adjective)
of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying sensory information from the sense organs to the CNS

afferent vs posterior horn

afferent and posterior horn both are nouns.

afferent is an adjective but posterior horn is not an adjective.

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