filament vs fibre

fibre vs filament

filament and fibre both are nouns.

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

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

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

Other hypernyms of filament include fiber.

filament (noun)	fibre (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 fibre

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