stimulant vs cue

cue vs stimulant

stimulant and cue both are nouns.

stimulant is an adjective but cue is not an adjective.

stimulant is not a verb while cue is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
stimulant	Yes	Yes	No	No
cue	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, cue is a hyponym of stimulant; that is, cue is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than stimulant:

stimulant: any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action
cue: a stimulus that provides information about what to do

Other hyponyms of stimulant include elicitation, evocation, induction, kick, turn-on, negative stimulation, turnoff, conditioned stimulus, reinforcement, reinforcer, reinforcing stimulus, discriminative stimulus, positive stimulus, negative stimulus.

stimulant (noun)	cue (noun)
a drug that temporarily quickens some vital process	sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards
any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action	a stimulus that provides information about what to do
	an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech
	evidence that helps to solve a problem

stimulant (adjective)	cue (adjective)
that stimulates

stimulant (verb)	cue (verb)
	assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned

Difference between stimulant and cue

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