ray vs visible radiation

visible radiation vs ray

ray and visible radiation both are nouns.

ray is a verb but visible radiation is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ray	Yes	No	Yes	No
visible radiation	Yes	No	No	No

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

ray: a column of light (as from a beacon)
visible radiation: (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation

Other hypernyms of ray include light, visible light.

ray (noun)	visible radiation (noun)
cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins	(physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation
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)	visible radiation (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 visible radiation

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