nerve impulse vs action potential

nerve impulse and action potential both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
nerve impulse	Yes	No	No	No
action potential	Yes	No	No	No

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

nerve impulse: the electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber
action potential: the local voltage change across the cell wall as a nerve impulse is transmitted

nerve impulse (noun)	action potential (noun)
the electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber	the local voltage change across the cell wall as a nerve impulse is transmitted

nerve impulse vs action potential

nerve impulse and action potential both are nouns.

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