sensory receptor vs eye

eye vs sensory receptor

sensory receptor and eye both are nouns.

sensory receptor is not a verb while eye is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sensory receptor	Yes	No	No	No
eye	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, eye is a hyponym of sensory receptor; that is, eye is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than sensory receptor:

sensory receptor: an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation
eye: the organ of sight

Other hyponyms of sensory receptor include lateral line, lateral line organ, enteroceptor, interoceptor, exteroceptor, pineal eye, third eye, baroreceptor, chemoreceptor, thermoreceptor, oculus, optic, ear, organ of hearing, inner ear, internal ear, labyrinth, semicircular canal, stretch receptor.

sensory receptor (noun)	eye (noun)
an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation	a small hole or loop (as in a needle)
	the organ of sight
	good discernment (either visually or as if visually)
	attention to what is seen
	an area that is approximately central within some larger region

sensory receptor (verb)	eye (verb)
	look at

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