ray vs stingray

stingray vs ray

ray and stingray both are nouns.

ray is a verb but stingray is not a verb.

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

As nouns, stingray is a hyponym of ray; that is, stingray 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
stingray: large venomous ray with large barbed spines near the base of a thin whiplike tail capable of inflicting severe wounds

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

ray (noun)	stingray (noun)
cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins	large venomous ray with large barbed spines near the base of a thin whiplike tail capable of inflicting severe wounds
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)	stingray (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 stingray

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