receptor vs inner ear

inner ear vs receptor

receptor and inner ear both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
receptor	Yes	No	No	No
inner ear	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, inner ear is a hyponym of receptor; that is, inner ear 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
inner ear: a complex system of interconnecting cavities; concerned with hearing and equilibrium

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

receptor (noun)	inner ear (noun)
an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation	a complex system of interconnecting cavities; concerned with hearing and equilibrium
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

Difference between receptor and inner ear

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