visible light vs shaft

shaft vs visible light

visible light and shaft both are nouns.

visible light is not a verb while shaft is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
visible light	Yes	No	No	No
shaft	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, shaft is a hyponym of visible light; that is, shaft is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than visible light:

visible light: (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation
shaft: a column of light (as from a beacon)

Other hyponyms of visible light include beam, beam of light, irradiation, light beam, ray, ray of light, shaft of light, candle flame, candlelight, corona, counterglow, gegenschein, daylight, firelight, fluorescence, friar's lantern, ignis fatuus, jack-o'-lantern, will-o'-the-wisp, gaslight, glow, glowing, radiance, glow, half-light, glow, incandescence, lamplight, luminescence, meteor, shooting star, Moon, moonlight, moonshine, starlight, sun, sunlight, sunshine, scintillation, streamer, torchlight, twilight.

visible light (noun)	shaft (noun)
(physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation	the hollow spine of a feather
	a long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow)
	a revolving rod that transmits power or motion
	a long vertical passage sunk into the earth, as for a mine or tunnel
	(architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column
	a vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator)
	a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
	the main (mid) section of a long bone
	obscene terms for penis
	a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer
	an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
	a column of light (as from a beacon)

visible light (verb)	shaft (verb)
	defeat someone through trickery or deceit
	equip with a shaft

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