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ray vs pedicle

pedicle vs ray

ray and pedicle both are nouns.

ray is a verb but pedicle is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
ray Yes No Yes No
pedicle Yes No No No
As nouns, pedicle is a hypernym of ray; that is, pedicle is a word with a broader meaning than ray:
  • ray: a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence
  • pedicle: a small stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence; an ultimate division of a common peduncle
Other hypernyms of ray include pedicel.
ray (noun) pedicle (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 small stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence; an ultimate division of a common peduncle
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) pedicle (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 pedicle

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