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shaft vs ray

ray vs shaft

shaft and ray both are nouns.

shaft and ray both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
shaft Yes No Yes No
ray Yes No Yes No
As nouns, shaft and ray are synonyms defined as:
  • shaft and ray: a column of light (as from a beacon)
Other synonyms of shaft include beam, beam of light, irradiation, light beam, ray of light, shaft of light.
shaft (noun) ray (noun)
the hollow spine of a feather cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins
a long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow) any of the stiff bony spines in the fin of a fish
a revolving rod that transmits power or motion the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization
a long vertical passage sunk into the earth, as for a mine or tunnel a column of light (as from a beacon)
(architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation
a vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator) a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence
a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon (mathematics) a straight line extending from a point
the main (mid) section of a long bone
obscene terms for penis
a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer
an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
a column of light (as from a beacon)
shaft (verb) ray (verb)
defeat someone through trickery or deceit expose to radiation
equip with a shaft extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center
emit as rays
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