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white matter vs nerve tract

nerve tract vs white matter

white matter and nerve tract both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
white matter Yes No No No
nerve tract Yes No No No
As nouns, nerve tract is a hyponym of white matter; that is, nerve tract is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than white matter:
  • white matter: whitish nervous tissue of the CNS consisting of neurons and their myelin sheaths
  • nerve tract: a bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain
Other hyponyms of white matter include nerve pathway, pathway, tract.
white matter (noun) nerve tract (noun)
whitish nervous tissue of the CNS consisting of neurons and their myelin sheaths a bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain
Difference between white matter and nerve tract

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