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silicon chip vs biochip

biochip vs silicon chip

silicon chip and biochip both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
silicon chip Yes No No No
biochip Yes No No No
As nouns, biochip is a hyponym of silicon chip; that is, biochip is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than silicon chip:
  • silicon chip: electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit
  • biochip: a microchip that uses tiny strands of DNA to latch onto and quickly recognize thousands of genes at a time; intended for use in a biological environment
Other hyponyms of silicon chip include DNA chip, gene chip, memory chip, microprocessor.
silicon chip (noun) biochip (noun)
electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit a microchip that uses tiny strands of DNA to latch onto and quickly recognize thousands of genes at a time; intended for use in a biological environment
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