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organ vs lens

lens vs organ

organ and lens both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
organ Yes No No No
lens Yes No No No
As nouns, lens is a hyponym of organ; that is, lens is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than organ:
  • organ: a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function
  • lens: biconvex transparent body situated behind the iris in the eye; its role (along with the cornea) is to focus light on the retina
Other hyponyms of organ include ovipositor, siphon, syphon, comb-plate, ctene, wing, foot, invertebrate foot, sucker, stinger, contractile organ, contractor, anlage, primordium, vital organ, vitals, effector, external organ, internal organ, viscus, receptor, sense organ, sensory receptor, clapper, glossa, lingua, tongue, organ of speech, speech organ, vocal organ, crystalline lens, lens of the eye, gland, secreter, secretor, secretory organ, cell organ, cell organelle, organelle, end organ, reproductive organ, sex organ, target organ, taret organ, erectile organ, otolith organ.
organ (noun) lens (noun)
wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images
(music) an electronic simulation of a pipe organ electronic equipment that uses a magnetic or electric field in order to focus a beam of electrons
a free-reeded instrument with a piano keyboard in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows biconvex transparent body situated behind the iris in the eye; its role (along with the cornea) is to focus light on the retina
a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function (metaphor) a channel through which something can be seen or understood
a periodical that is published by a special interest group
a government agency or instrument devoted to the performance of some specific function
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