nervous impulse vs action potential

nervous impulse and action potential both are nouns.

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

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

nervous 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

nervous 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

nervous impulse vs action potential

nervous impulse and action potential both are nouns.

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