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ultraviolet radiation vs sun-ray

sun-ray vs ultraviolet radiation

ultraviolet radiation and sun-ray both are nouns.

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

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