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electric ray vs ray

ray vs electric ray

electric ray and ray both are nouns.

electric ray is not a verb while ray is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
electric ray Yes No No No
ray Yes No Yes No
As nouns, ray is a hypernym of electric ray; that is, ray is a word with a broader meaning than electric ray:
  • electric ray: any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges
  • ray: cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins
electric ray (noun) ray (noun)
any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges 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
electric ray (verb) ray (verb)
expose to radiation
extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center
emit as rays
Difference between electric ray and ray

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