electrolytic cell vs cell

cell vs electrolytic cell

electrolytic cell and cell both are nouns.

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

As nouns, cell is a hypernym of electrolytic cell; that is, cell is a word with a broader meaning than electrolytic cell:

electrolytic cell: a cell containing an electrolyte in which an applied voltage causes a reaction to occur that would not occur otherwise (such as the breakdown of water into hydrogen and oxygen)
cell: a device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction

Other hypernyms of electrolytic cell include electric cell.

electrolytic cell (noun)	cell (noun)
a cell containing an electrolyte in which an applied voltage causes a reaction to occur that would not occur otherwise (such as the breakdown of water into hydrogen and oxygen)	(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 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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