resistance vs ballast resistor

resistance and ballast resistor both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
resistance	Yes	No	No	No
ballast resistor	Yes	No	No	No

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

resistance: an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current
ballast resistor: a resistor inserted into a circuit to compensate for changes (as those arising from temperature fluctuations)

Other hyponyms of resistance include ballast, barretter, potential divider, voltage divider, rheostat, variable resistor.

resistance (noun)	ballast resistor (noun)
group action in opposition to those in power	a resistor inserted into a circuit to compensate for changes (as those arising from temperature fluctuations)
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 ballast resistor

resistance and ballast resistor both are nouns.

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