resistance vs voltage divider

resistance and voltage divider both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
resistance	Yes	No	No	No
voltage divider	Yes	No	No	No

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

resistance: an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current
voltage divider: resistors connected in series across a voltage source; used to obtain a desired fraction of the voltage

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

resistance (noun)	voltage divider (noun)
group action in opposition to those in power	resistors connected in series across a voltage source; used to obtain a desired fraction of the voltage
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 voltage divider

resistance and voltage divider both are nouns.

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