bombard vs ray

bombard and ray both are nouns.

bombard and ray both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bombard	Yes	No	Yes	No
ray	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, ray is a hypernym of bombard; that is, ray is a word with a broader meaning than bombard:

bombard: direct high energy particles or radiation against
ray: expose to radiation

Other hypernyms of bombard include irradiate.

bombard (noun)	ray (noun)
a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family	cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins
	any of the stiff bony spines in the fin of a fish
	the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization
	a column of light (as from a beacon)
	a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation
	a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence
	(mathematics) a straight line extending from a point

bombard (verb)	ray (verb)
direct high energy particles or radiation against	expose to radiation
address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage	extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center
throw bombs at or attack with bombs	emit as rays
cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile

Difference between bombard and ray

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