filament vs fiber

fiber vs filament

filament and fiber both are nouns.

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

As nouns, fiber is a hypernym of filament; that is, fiber is a word with a broader meaning than filament:

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

Other hypernyms of filament include fibre.

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

Difference between filament and fiber

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