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being vs carrier

carrier vs being

being and carrier both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
being Yes No No No
carrier Yes No No No
As nouns, carrier is a hyponym of being; that is, carrier is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than being:
  • being: a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
  • carrier: (genetics) an organism that possesses a recessive gene whose effect is masked by a dominant allele; the associated trait is not apparent but can be passed on to offspring
Other hyponyms of being include benthos, dwarf, heterotroph, parent, individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul, animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna, flora, plant, plant life, native, recombinant, conspecific, denizen, amphidiploid, diploid, haploid, heteroploid, polyploid, animalcule, animalculum, micro-organism, microorganism, aerobe, anaerobe, cross, crossbreed, hybrid, polymorph, congenator, congener, congeneric, relative, plankton, nekton, parasite, host, commensal, myrmecophile, eucaryote, eukaryote, procaryote, prokaryote, zooid, clon, clone, atavist, throwback, individual, mascot, mutant, mutation, sport, variation, postdiluvian, sitter, stander, utterer, vocaliser, vocalizer, endemic, fungus, nonvascular organism, relict, saprophyte, saprophytic organism, saprobe, katharobe, epilith.
being (noun) carrier (noun)
a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently (genetics) an organism that possesses a recessive gene whose effect is masked by a dominant allele; the associated trait is not apparent but can be passed on to offspring
the state or fact of existing a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings
a rack attached to a vehicle; for carrying luggage or skis or the like
a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something
a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages
(medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others
a boy who delivers newspapers
a man who delivers the mail
someone whose employment involves carrying something
a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal
an inactive substance that is a vehicle for a radioactive tracer of the same substance and that assists in its recovery after some chemical reaction
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