receptor vs eye

eye vs receptor

receptor and eye both are nouns.

receptor is not a verb while eye is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
receptor	Yes	No	No	No
eye	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, eye is a hyponym of receptor; that is, eye is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than receptor:

receptor: an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation
eye: the organ of sight

Other hyponyms of receptor include lateral line, lateral line organ, enteroceptor, interoceptor, exteroceptor, pineal eye, third eye, baroreceptor, chemoreceptor, thermoreceptor, oculus, optic, ear, organ of hearing, inner ear, internal ear, labyrinth, semicircular canal, stretch receptor.

receptor (noun)	eye (noun)
an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation	a small hole or loop (as in a needle)
a cellular structure that is postulated to exist in order to mediate between a chemical agent that acts on nervous tissue and the physiological response	the organ of sight
	good discernment (either visually or as if visually)
	attention to what is seen
	an area that is approximately central within some larger region

receptor (verb)	eye (verb)
	look at

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