angle vs incidence angle

incidence angle vs angle

angle and incidence angle both are nouns.

angle is a verb but incidence angle is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
angle	Yes	No	Yes	No
incidence angle	Yes	No	No	No

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

angle: the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians
incidence angle: the angle that a line makes with a line perpendicular to the surface at the point of incidence

Other hyponyms of angle include crotch, fork, axil, helix angle, complementary angles, angular distance, plane angle, spherical angle, solid angle, angle of inclination, inclination, inclination, inclination of an orbit, salient angle, interior angle, internal angle, exterior angle, external angle, angle of incidence, angle of reflection, angle of refraction, angle of extinction, extinction angle, dogleg, right angle, oblique angle, reflex angle, perigon, round angle, cutting angle, angle of dip, dip, inclination, magnetic dip, magnetic inclination, lead, magnetic declination, magnetic variation, variation, AZ, azimuth, polyhedral angle, face angle, tilt angle, vertical angle, angle of view, view angle, wave angle, dihedral angle, torsion angle.

angle (noun)	incidence angle (noun)
a biased way of looking at or presenting something	the angle that a line makes with a line perpendicular to the surface at the point of incidence
the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians

angle (verb)	incidence angle (verb)
present with a bias
fish with a hook
seek indirectly
to incline or bend from a vertical position
move or proceed at an angle

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