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cell vs animate thing

animate thing vs cell

cell and animate thing both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
cell Yes No No No
animate thing Yes No No No
As nouns, animate thing is a hypernym of cell; that is, animate thing is a word with a broader meaning than cell:
  • cell: (biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals
  • animate thing: a living (or once living) entity
Other hypernyms of cell include living thing.
cell (noun) animate thing (noun)
(biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals a living (or once living) entity
a device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction
a room where a prisoner is kept
small room in which a monk or nun lives
any small compartment
a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver
a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement
Difference between cell and animate thing

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