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filament vs cobweb

cobweb vs filament

filament and cobweb both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
filament Yes No No No
cobweb Yes No No No
As nouns, cobweb is a hyponym of filament; that is, cobweb is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than filament:
  • filament: a very slender natural or synthetic fiber
  • cobweb: filaments from a web that was spun by a spider
Other hyponyms of filament include barb, gossamer, chromatid, myofibril, myofibrilla, sarcostyle, rhizoid, hypha, paraphysis.
filament (noun) cobweb (noun)
a thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current a dense elaborate spider web that is more efficient than the orb web
a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells) filaments from a web that was spun by a spider
the stalk of a stamen a fabric so delicate and transparent as to resemble a web of a spider
a very slender natural or synthetic fiber
Difference between filament and cobweb

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