ray vs particle beam

particle beam vs ray

ray and particle beam both are nouns.

ray is a verb but particle beam is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ray	Yes	No	Yes	No
particle beam	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, particle beam is a hyponym of ray; that is, particle beam is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than ray:

ray: a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation
particle beam: a collimated flow of particles (atoms or electrons or molecules)

Other hyponyms of ray include cathode ray.

ray (noun)	particle beam (noun)
cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins	a collimated flow of particles (atoms or electrons or molecules)
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)	particle beam (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 particle beam

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