ray vs give off

give off vs ray

ray is a noun but give off is not a noun.

ray and give off both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ray	Yes	No	Yes	No
give off	No	No	Yes	No

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

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

Other hypernyms of ray include emit, give out.

ray (noun)	give off (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)	give off (verb)
expose to radiation	have as a by-product
extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center	give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.
emit as rays

Difference between ray and give off

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