knee jerk vs physiological reaction

knee jerk and physiological reaction both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
knee jerk	Yes	No	No	No
physiological reaction	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, physiological reaction is a hypernym of knee jerk; that is, physiological reaction is a word with a broader meaning than knee jerk:

knee jerk: a reflex extension of the leg resulting from a sharp tap on the patellar tendon
physiological reaction: an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus

Other hypernyms of knee jerk include inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, unconditioned reflex.

knee jerk (noun)	physiological reaction (noun)
a reflex extension of the leg resulting from a sharp tap on the patellar tendon	an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus

knee jerk vs physiological reaction

knee jerk and physiological reaction both are nouns.

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