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neuropile vs nerve tissue

nerve tissue vs neuropile

neuropile and nerve tissue both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
neuropile Yes No No No
nerve tissue Yes No No No
As nouns, nerve tissue is a hypernym of neuropile; that is, nerve tissue is a word with a broader meaning than neuropile:
  • neuropile: the complex network of unmyelinated axones, dendrites, and glial branches that form the bulk of the central nervous system's grey matter and in which nerve cell bodies are embedded
  • nerve tissue: tissue composed of neurons
Other hypernyms of neuropile include nervous tissue.
neuropile (noun) nerve tissue (noun)
the complex network of unmyelinated axones, dendrites, and glial branches that form the bulk of the central nervous system's grey matter and in which nerve cell bodies are embedded tissue composed of neurons
Difference between neuropile and nerve tissue

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