ray vs emit

ray is a noun but emit is not a noun.

ray and emit both are verbs.

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

As verbs, emit is a hypernym of ray; that is, emit is a word with a broader meaning than ray:

ray: emit as rays
emit: give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.

Other hypernyms of ray include give off, give out.

ray (noun)	emit (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 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)	emit (verb)
expose to radiation	expel (gases or odors)
extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center	express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words)
emit as rays	give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.

Difference between ray and emit

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