irradiation vs ray

ray vs irradiation

irradiation and ray both are nouns.

irradiation is not a verb while ray is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
irradiation	Yes	No	No	No
ray	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, irradiation and ray are synonyms defined as:

irradiation and ray: a column of light (as from a beacon)

Other synonyms of irradiation include beam, beam of light, light beam, ray of light, shaft, shaft of light.

irradiation (noun)	ray (noun)
(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance	cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins
the apparent enlargement of a bright object when viewed against a dark background	any of the stiff bony spines in the fin of a fish
(Pavolvian conditioning) the elicitation of a conditioned response by stimulation similar but not identical to the original stimulus	the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization
(physiology) the spread of sensory neural impulses in the cortex	a column of light (as from a beacon)
a column of light (as from a beacon)	a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation
the condition of being exposed to radiation	a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence
	(mathematics) a straight line extending from a point

irradiation (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 irradiation and ray

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