cell vs primary cell

primary cell vs cell

cell and primary cell both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cell	Yes	No	No	No
primary cell	Yes	No	No	No

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

cell: a device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction
primary cell: an electric cell that generates an electromotive force by an irreversible conversion of chemical to electrical energy; cannot be recharged

Other hyponyms of cell include electrolytic cell, fuel cell, photovoltaic cell, solar cell, secondary cell, storage cell, galvanic cell, voltaic cell.

cell (noun)	primary cell (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	an electric cell that generates an electromotive force by an irreversible conversion of chemical to electrical energy; cannot be recharged
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

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