visible radiation vs sun

sun vs visible radiation

visible radiation and sun both are nouns.

visible radiation is not a verb while sun is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
visible radiation	Yes	No	No	No
sun	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

visible radiation: (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation
sun: the rays of the sun

Other hyponyms of visible radiation include beam, beam of light, irradiation, light beam, ray, ray of light, shaft, 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, sunlight, sunshine, scintillation, streamer, torchlight, twilight.

visible radiation (noun)	sun (noun)
(physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation	any star around which a planetary system revolves
	the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
	a person considered as a source of warmth or energy or glory etc
	the rays of the sun

visible radiation (verb)	sun (verb)
	expose one's body to the sun
	expose to the rays of the sun or affect by exposure to the sun

Difference between visible radiation and sun

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