ray vs numbfish

numbfish vs ray

ray and numbfish both are nouns.

ray is a verb but numbfish is not a verb.

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

As nouns, numbfish is a hyponym of ray; that is, numbfish 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
numbfish: 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

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

ray (noun)	numbfish (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)	numbfish (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 numbfish

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