mathematics vs ray

mathematics and ray both are nouns.

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

mathematics (noun)	ray (noun)
a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement	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

mathematics (verb)	ray (verb)
	expose to radiation
	extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center
	emit as rays