angle of incidence vs critical angle

angle of incidence and critical angle both are nouns.

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

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

angle of incidence: the angle that a line makes with a line perpendicular to the surface at the point of incidence
critical angle: the smallest angle of incidence for which light is totally reflected

Other hyponyms of angle of incidence include angle of attack.

angle of incidence (noun)	critical angle (noun)
the angle that a line makes with a line perpendicular to the surface at the point of incidence	the smallest angle of incidence for which light is totally reflected

angle of incidence vs critical angle

angle of incidence and critical angle both are nouns.

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