physical phenomenon vs opacity

opacity vs physical phenomenon

physical phenomenon and opacity both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
physical phenomenon	Yes	No	No	No
opacity	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, opacity is a hyponym of physical phenomenon; that is, opacity is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than physical phenomenon:

physical phenomenon: a natural phenomenon involving the physical properties of matter and energy
opacity: the phenomenon of not permitting the passage of electromagnetic radiation

Other hyponyms of physical phenomenon include acoustic phenomenon, atmospheric phenomenon, boundary layer, chaos, cloud, decalescence, electrical phenomenon, electricity, energy, energy, free energy, power, event, field, field of force, force field, force, hysteresis, resonance, mechanical phenomenon, optical phenomenon, force per unit area, pressure, pressure level, reflection, reflexion, refraction, resolution, resolving power, resolution, conduction, conductivity, propagation, fundamental interaction, interaction, surface tension, syzygy, transparence, transparency, turbulence, turbulency, chop, floatation, flotation, adiabaticity.

physical phenomenon (noun)	opacity (noun)
a natural phenomenon involving the physical properties of matter and energy	the quality of being opaque to a degree; the degree to which something reduces the passage of light
	incomprehensibility resulting from obscurity of meaning
	the phenomenon of not permitting the passage of electromagnetic radiation

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