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vector vs virus

virus vs vector

vector and virus both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
vector Yes No No No
virus Yes No No No
As nouns, virus is a hypernym of vector; that is, virus is a word with a broader meaning than vector:
  • vector: (genetics) a virus or other agent that is used to deliver DNA to a cell
  • virus: (virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein
vector (noun) virus (noun)
(genetics) a virus or other agent that is used to deliver DNA to a cell (virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein
a variable quantity that can be resolved into components a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer
any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease a harmful or corrupting agency
a straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is direction
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