sensory receptor vs optic

optic vs sensory receptor

sensory receptor and optic both are nouns.

sensory receptor is not an adjective while optic is an adjective.

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

As nouns, optic is a hyponym of sensory receptor; that is, optic 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
optic: 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, eye, oculus, ear, organ of hearing, inner ear, internal ear, labyrinth, semicircular canal, stretch receptor.

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

sensory receptor (adjective)	optic (adjective)
	of or relating to or resembling the eye
	relating to or using sight

Difference between sensory receptor and optic

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