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neural impulse vs action potential

action potential vs neural impulse

neural impulse and action potential both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
neural impulse Yes No No No
action potential Yes No No No
As nouns, action potential is a hyponym of neural impulse; that is, action potential is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than neural impulse:
  • neural 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
neural 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
Difference between neural impulse and action potential

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