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organ vs receptor

receptor vs organ

organ and receptor both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
organ Yes No No No
receptor Yes No No No
As nouns, receptor is a hyponym of organ; that is, receptor 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
  • receptor: an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation
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, sense organ, sensory receptor, clapper, glossa, lingua, tongue, organ of speech, speech organ, vocal organ, crystalline lens, 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) receptor (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 an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation
(music) an electronic simulation of a pipe organ a cellular structure that is postulated to exist in order to mediate between a chemical agent that acts on nervous tissue and the physiological response
a free-reeded instrument with a piano keyboard in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows
a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function
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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