laser beam vs ray

ray vs laser beam

laser beam and ray both are nouns.

laser beam is not a verb while ray is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
laser beam	Yes	No	No	No
ray	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, ray is a hypernym of laser beam; that is, ray is a word with a broader meaning than laser beam:

laser beam: a beam of light generated by a laser
ray: a column of light (as from a beacon)

Other hypernyms of laser beam include beam, beam of light, irradiation, light beam, ray of light, shaft, shaft of light.

laser beam (noun)	ray (noun)
a beam of light generated by a laser	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

laser beam (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 laser beam and ray

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