ray vs irradiation

irradiation vs ray

ray and irradiation both are nouns.

ray is a verb but irradiation is not a verb.

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

As nouns, ray and irradiation are synonyms defined as:

ray and irradiation: a column of light (as from a beacon)

Other synonyms of ray include beam, beam of light, light beam, ray of light, shaft, shaft of light.

ray (noun)	irradiation (noun)
cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins	(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance
any of the stiff bony spines in the fin of a fish	the apparent enlargement of a bright object when viewed against a dark background
the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization	(Pavolvian conditioning) the elicitation of a conditioned response by stimulation similar but not identical to the original stimulus
a column of light (as from a beacon)	(physiology) the spread of sensory neural impulses in the cortex
a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation	a column of light (as from a beacon)
a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence	the condition of being exposed to radiation
(mathematics) a straight line extending from a point

ray (verb)	irradiation (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 irradiation

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