process vs ray

process and ray both are nouns.

process and ray both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
process	Yes	No	Yes	No
ray	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, ray is a hyponym of process; that is, ray is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than process:

process: subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition
ray: expose to radiation

Other hyponyms of process include propagate, iodise, iodize, nitrate, tank, aerate, oxygenate, oxygenise, oxygenize, mercerise, mercerize, malt, fluoridate, fluoridise, fluoridize, creosote, chlorinate, carbonate, camphorate, bromate, brominate, ammoniate, irradiate, scald, refine, nitrify, nitrogenise, nitrogenize, reverberate, curry, seed, dose, sulfur, sulphur, vulcanise, vulcanize, chrome, bituminise, bituminize, Agenise, Agenize, run, carboxylate, beneficiate, digest, fume, fumigate, air-condition.

process (noun)	ray (noun)
a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states	cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins
a particular course of action intended to achieve a result	any of the stiff bony spines in the fin of a fish
a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant	the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization
(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents	a column of light (as from a beacon)
a mental process that you are not directly aware of	a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation
a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant	a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence
	(mathematics) a straight line extending from a point

process (verb)	ray (verb)
subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition	expose to radiation
perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information	extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center
deliver a warrant or summons to someone	emit as rays
shape, form, or improve a material
institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
deal with in a routine way
march in a procession

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