receptor vs semicircular canal

semicircular canal vs receptor

receptor and semicircular canal both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
receptor	Yes	No	No	No
semicircular canal	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, semicircular canal is a hyponym of receptor; that is, semicircular canal 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
semicircular canal: one of three tube loops filled with fluid and in planes nearly at right angles with one another; concerned with 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, internal ear, labyrinth, stretch receptor.

receptor (noun)	semicircular canal (noun)
an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation	one of three tube loops filled with fluid and in planes nearly at right angles with one another; concerned with 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 semicircular canal

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