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virus vs vector

vector vs virus

virus and vector both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
virus Yes No No No
vector Yes No No No
As nouns, vector is a hyponym of virus; that is, vector is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than virus:
  • 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: (genetics) a virus or other agent that is used to deliver DNA to a cell
Other hyponyms of virus include arborvirus, arbovirus, bacteriophage, phage, plant virus, animal virus, slow virus, tumor virus.
virus (noun) vector (noun)
(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 (genetics) a virus or other agent that is used to deliver DNA to a cell
a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer a variable quantity that can be resolved into components
a harmful or corrupting agency any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease
a straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is direction
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