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filament vs conducting wire

conducting wire vs filament

filament and conducting wire both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
filament Yes No No No
conducting wire Yes No No No
As nouns, conducting wire is a hypernym of filament; that is, conducting wire is a word with a broader meaning than filament:
  • filament: a thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current
  • conducting wire: a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance
Other hypernyms of filament include wire.
filament (noun) conducting wire (noun)
a thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance
a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells)
the stalk of a stamen
a very slender natural or synthetic fiber
Difference between filament and conducting wire

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