afferent nerve vs posterior root

afferent nerve and posterior root both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
afferent nerve	Yes	No	No	No
posterior root	Yes	No	No	No

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

afferent nerve: a nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system
posterior root: 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 nerve include dorsal horn, dorsal root, posterior horn, fillet, lemniscus.

afferent nerve (noun)	posterior root (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 nerve vs posterior root

afferent nerve and posterior root both are nouns.

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