Bulb vs Luminaire - What's the difference?
bulb | luminaire |
Any solid object rounded at one end and tapering on the other, possibly attached to a larger object at the tapered end.
A light bulb.
The bulb-shaped root portion of a plant such as a tulip, from which the rest of the plant may be regrown.
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(nautical) a bulbous protuberance at the forefoot of certain vessels to reduce turbulence.
As nouns the difference between bulb and luminaire
is that bulb is any solid object rounded at one end and tapering on the other, possibly attached to a larger object at the tapered end while luminaire is a lighting fixture.As a verb bulb
is to take the shape of a bulb; to swell.bulb
English
Noun
(en noun)- the bulb of the aorta
- the plants which grow in the earth from seed or bulbs .