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ray vs electric ray

electric ray vs ray

ray and electric ray both are nouns.

ray is a verb but electric ray is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
ray Yes No Yes No
electric ray Yes No No No
As nouns, electric ray is a hyponym of ray; that is, electric ray is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than ray:
  • ray: cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins
  • electric ray: any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges
ray (noun) electric ray (noun)
cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges
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) electric ray (verb)
expose to radiation
extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center
emit as rays
Difference between ray and electric ray

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