fiber vs filament

filament vs fiber

fiber and filament both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fiber	Yes	No	No	No
filament	Yes	No	No	No

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

fiber: a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn
filament: a very slender natural or synthetic fiber

Other hyponyms of fiber include beard, byssus, bristle, glass fiber, glass fibre, optical fiber, optical fibre, nerve fiber, nerve fibre, spindle, loofa, loofah, loufah sponge, luffa, cantala, Cebu maguey, manila maguey, bassine, coir, raffia, string, fibril, strand, lint, man-made fiber, synthetic fiber, natural fiber, natural fibre, oakum, raveling, ravelling.

fiber (noun)	filament (noun)
a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth	a thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current
the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions	a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells)
any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber)	the stalk of a stamen
coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis	a very slender natural or synthetic fiber
a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn

Difference between fiber and filament

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