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heat ray vs ray

ray vs heat ray

heat ray and ray both are nouns.

heat ray is not a verb while ray is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
heat ray Yes No No No
ray Yes No Yes No
As nouns, ray is a hypernym of heat ray; that is, ray is a word with a broader meaning than heat ray:
  • heat ray: a ray that produces a thermal effect
  • ray: a column of light (as from a beacon)
Other hypernyms of heat ray include beam, beam of light, irradiation, light beam, ray of light, shaft, shaft of light.
heat ray (noun) ray (noun)
a ray that produces a thermal effect cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins
any of the stiff bony spines in the fin of a fish
the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization
a column of light (as from a beacon)
a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation
a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence
(mathematics) a straight line extending from a point
heat ray (verb) ray (verb)
expose to radiation
extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center
emit as rays
Difference between heat ray and ray

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