receptor vs internal ear

internal ear vs receptor

receptor and internal ear both are nouns.

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

As nouns, internal ear is a hyponym of receptor; that is, internal 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
internal 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, inner ear, labyrinth, semicircular canal, stretch receptor.

receptor (noun)	internal 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 internal ear

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