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semiconductor vs silicon

silicon vs semiconductor

semiconductor and silicon both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
semiconductor Yes No No No
silicon Yes No No No
As nouns, silicon is a hyponym of semiconductor; that is, silicon is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than semiconductor:
  • semiconductor: a substance as germanium or silicon whose electrical conductivity is intermediate between that of a metal and an insulator; its conductivity increases with temperature and in the presence of impurities
  • silicon: a tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors
Other hyponyms of semiconductor include atomic number 32, Ge, germanium, atomic number 14, Si.
semiconductor (noun) silicon (noun)
a conductor made with semiconducting material a tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors
a substance as germanium or silicon whose electrical conductivity is intermediate between that of a metal and an insulator; its conductivity increases with temperature and in the presence of impurities
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