ray vs manta

ray and manta both are nouns.

ray is a verb but manta is not a verb.

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

As nouns, manta is a hyponym of ray; that is, manta 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
manta: extremely large pelagic tropical ray that feeds on plankton and small fishes; usually harmless but its size make it dangerous if harpooned

Other hyponyms of ray include crampfish, electric ray, numbfish, torpedo, sawfish, guitarfish, stingray, eagle ray, devilfish, manta ray, skate.

ray (noun)	manta (noun)
cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins	extremely large pelagic tropical ray that feeds on plankton and small fishes; usually harmless but its size make it dangerous if harpooned
any of the stiff bony spines in the fin of a fish	a blanket that is used as a cloak or shawl
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)	manta (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 manta

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