corona vs radiance

radiance vs corona

corona and radiance both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
corona	Yes	No	No	No
radiance	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, radiance is a hypernym of corona; that is, radiance is a word with a broader meaning than corona:

corona: the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; visible as a white halo during a solar eclipse
radiance: the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface

Other hypernyms of corona include glow, glowing.

corona (noun)	radiance (noun)
a long cigar with blunt ends	the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
(anatomy) any structure that resembles a crown in shape	the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface
the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; visible as a white halo during a solar eclipse	an attractive combination of good health and happiness
an electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding atmosphere
one or more circles of light seen around a luminous object
(botany) the trumpet-shaped or cup-shaped outgrowth of the corolla of a daffodil or narcissus flower
a viral disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 that caused a global pandemic in 2020

Difference between corona and radiance

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