ray vs bombard

ray and bombard both are nouns.

ray and bombard both are verbs.

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

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

ray: expose to radiation
bombard: direct high energy particles or radiation against

ray (noun)	bombard (noun)
cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins	a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family
any of the stiff bony spines in the fin of a fish
the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization
a column of light (as from a beacon)
a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation
a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence
(mathematics) a straight line extending from a point

ray (verb)	bombard (verb)
expose to radiation	direct high energy particles or radiation against
extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center	address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage
emit as rays	throw bombs at or attack with bombs
	cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile

Difference between ray and bombard

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