resistance vs acoustic impedance

resistance and acoustic impedance both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
resistance	Yes	No	No	No
acoustic impedance	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, acoustic impedance is a hyponym of resistance; that is, acoustic impedance is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than resistance:

resistance: any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion
acoustic impedance: opposition to the flow of sound through a surface; acoustic resistance is the real component of acoustic impedance and acoustic reactance is the imaginary component

Other hyponyms of resistance include friction, rubbing, acoustic reactance, acoustic resistance, drag, retarding force.

resistance (noun)	acoustic impedance (noun)
group action in opposition to those in power	opposition to the flow of sound through a surface; acoustic resistance is the real component of acoustic impedance and acoustic reactance is the imaginary component
the military action of resisting the enemy's advance
the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current
the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria)
(psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness
a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force
any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion
a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms
(medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents

resistance vs acoustic impedance

resistance and acoustic impedance both are nouns.

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