vector vs resultant

vector and resultant both are nouns.

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

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

Other hyponyms of vector include cross product, vector product, vector sum, radius vector, radius vector.

vector (noun)	resultant (noun)
(genetics) a virus or other agent that is used to deliver DNA to a cell	a vector that is the sum of two or more other vectors
a variable quantity that can be resolved into components	something that results
any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease	the final point in a process
a straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is direction

vector (adjective)	resultant (adjective)
	occurring with or following as a consequence