tract vs optic radiation

tract and optic radiation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
tract	Yes	No	No	No
optic radiation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, optic radiation is a hyponym of tract; that is, optic radiation is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than tract:

tract: a bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain
optic radiation: a nerve pathway from the lateral geniculate body to the visual cortex

Other hyponyms of tract include radiatio optica, commissure, cerebral peduncle, peduncle.

tract (noun)	optic radiation (noun)
a bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain	a nerve pathway from the lateral geniculate body to the visual cortex
a system of body parts that together serve some particular purpose
a brief treatise on a subject of interest; published in the form of a booklet
an extended area of land

tract vs optic radiation

tract and optic radiation both are nouns.

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