sunray vs shaft

shaft vs sunray

sunray and shaft both are nouns.

sunray is not a verb while shaft is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sunray	Yes	No	No	No
shaft	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, shaft is a hypernym of sunray; that is, shaft is a word with a broader meaning than sunray:

sunray: a ray of sunlight
shaft: a column of light (as from a beacon)

Other hypernyms of sunray include beam, beam of light, irradiation, light beam, ray, ray of light, shaft of light.

sunray (noun)	shaft (noun)
a ray of sunlight	the hollow spine of a feather
a ray of artificial ultraviolet light from a sunray lamp	a long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow)
herb having a basal cluster of grey-green leaves and leafless stalks each with a solitary broad yellow flower head; desert areas Idaho to Arizona	a revolving rod that transmits power or motion
	a long vertical passage sunk into the earth, as for a mine or tunnel
	(architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column
	a vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator)
	a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
	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)

sunray (verb)	shaft (verb)
	defeat someone through trickery or deceit
	equip with a shaft

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