phase vs latency phase

latency phase vs phase

phase and latency phase both are nouns.

phase is a verb but latency phase is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
phase	Yes	No	Yes	No
latency phase	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, latency phase is a hyponym of phase; that is, latency phase is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than phase:

phase: any distinct time period in a sequence of events
latency phase: (psychoanalysis) the fourth period (from about age 5 or 6 until puberty) during which sexual interests are supposed to be sublimated into other activities

Other hyponyms of phase include diakinesis, diplotene, leptotene, pachytene, phase of cell division, zygotene, anal phase, anal stage, genital phase, genital stage, latency period, latency stage, oral phase, oral stage, phallic phase, phallic stage, chapter, incubation, fertile period, fertile phase, menstrual phase, musth, luteal phase, secretory phase, generation, apogee, culmination, seedtime, safe period.

phase (noun)	latency phase (noun)
(astronomy) the particular appearance of a body's state of illumination (especially one of the recurring shapes of the part of Earth's moon that is illuminated by the sun)	(psychoanalysis) the fourth period (from about age 5 or 6 until puberty) during which sexual interests are supposed to be sublimated into other activities
(physical chemistry) a distinct state of matter in a system; matter that is identical in chemical composition and physical state and separated from other material by the phase boundary
any distinct time period in a sequence of events
a particular point in the time of a cycle; measured from some arbitrary zero and expressed as an angle

phase (verb)	latency phase (verb)
adjust so as to be in a synchronized condition
arrange in phases or stages

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