ray vs spine

ray and spine both are nouns.

ray is a verb but spine is not a verb.

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

As nouns, spine is a hypernym of ray; that is, spine is a word with a broader meaning than ray:

ray: any of the stiff bony spines in the fin of a fish
spine: a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin

ray (noun)	spine (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 sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin
any of the stiff bony spines in the fin of a fish	the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved
the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization	the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
a column of light (as from a beacon)	a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation	any sharply pointed projection
a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence
(mathematics) a straight line extending from a point

ray (verb)	spine (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 spine

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