semblance vs irradiation

semblance and irradiation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
semblance	Yes	No	No	No
irradiation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, irradiation is a hyponym of semblance; that is, irradiation is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than semblance:

semblance: an erroneous mental representation
irradiation: the apparent enlargement of a bright object when viewed against a dark background

Other hyponyms of semblance include apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, shadow, phantom limb.

semblance (noun)	irradiation (noun)
picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing	(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance
an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading	the apparent enlargement of a bright object when viewed against a dark background
an erroneous mental representation	(Pavolvian conditioning) the elicitation of a conditioned response by stimulation similar but not identical to the original stimulus
	(physiology) the spread of sensory neural impulses in the cortex
	a column of light (as from a beacon)
	the condition of being exposed to radiation

semblance vs irradiation

semblance and irradiation both are nouns.

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