electromagnetic radiation vs ray

ray vs electromagnetic radiation

electromagnetic radiation and ray both are nouns.

electromagnetic radiation is not a verb while ray is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
electromagnetic radiation	Yes	No	No	No
ray	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, ray is a hyponym of electromagnetic radiation; that is, ray is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than electromagnetic radiation:

electromagnetic radiation: radiation consisting of waves of energy associated with electric and magnetic fields resulting from the acceleration of an electric charge
ray: a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation

Other hyponyms of electromagnetic radiation include actinic radiation, actinic ray, beam, electron beam, black-body radiation, blackbody radiation, gamma radiation, gamma ray, line, microwave, radio emission, radio radiation, radio wave, roentgen ray, X-radiation, X-ray, X ray.

electromagnetic radiation (noun)	ray (noun)
radiation consisting of waves of energy associated with electric and magnetic fields resulting from the acceleration of an electric charge	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

electromagnetic radiation (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 electromagnetic radiation and ray

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