vector vs ray

vector and ray both are nouns.

vector is not a verb while ray is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
vector	Yes	No	No	No
ray	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

vector: a straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is direction
ray: (mathematics) a straight line extending from a point

vector (noun)	ray (noun)
(genetics) a virus or other agent that is used to deliver DNA to a cell	cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins
a variable quantity that can be resolved into components	any of the stiff bony spines in the fin of a fish
any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease	the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization
a straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is direction	a column of light (as from a beacon)
	a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation
	a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence
	(mathematics) a straight line extending from a point

vector (verb)	ray (verb)
	expose to radiation
	extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center
	emit as rays

Difference between vector and ray

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