nerve vs depressor

depressor vs nerve

nerve and depressor both are nouns.

nerve is a verb but depressor is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
nerve	Yes	No	Yes	No
depressor	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, depressor is a hyponym of nerve; that is, depressor is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than nerve:

nerve: any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body
depressor: any nerve whose activity tends to reduce the activity or tone of the body part it serves

Other hyponyms of nerve include efferent, efferent nerve, motor nerve, afferent, afferent nerve, sensory nerve, cranial nerve, depressor nerve, musculospiral nerve, nervus radialis, radial nerve, splanchnic nerve, nervus ischiadicus, sciatic nerve, nervus saphenus, saphenous nerve, cubital nerve, nervus ulnaris, ulnar nerve, nervus spinalis, spinal nerve.

nerve (noun)	depressor (noun)
the courage to carry on	a device used by physician to press a part down or aside
impudent aggressiveness	any skeletal muscle that draws a body part down
any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body	any nerve whose activity tends to reduce the activity or tone of the body part it serves

nerve (verb)	depressor (verb)
get ready for something difficult or unpleasant

Difference between nerve and depressor

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