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ultraviolet vs sunray

sunray vs ultraviolet

ultraviolet and sunray both are nouns.

ultraviolet is an adjective but sunray is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
ultraviolet Yes Yes No No
sunray Yes No No No
As nouns, sunray is a hyponym of ultraviolet; that is, sunray is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than ultraviolet:
  • ultraviolet: radiation lying in the ultraviolet range; wave lengths shorter than light but longer than X rays
  • sunray: a ray of artificial ultraviolet light from a sunray lamp
Other hyponyms of ultraviolet include sun-ray.
ultraviolet (noun) sunray (noun)
radiation lying in the ultraviolet range; wave lengths shorter than light but longer than X rays a ray of sunlight
a ray of artificial ultraviolet light from a sunray lamp
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
ultraviolet (adjective) sunray (adjective)
having or employing wavelengths shorter than light but longer than X-rays; lying outside the visible spectrum at its violet end
Difference between ultraviolet and sunray

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