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Electrical vs Electroreception - What's the difference?

electrical | electroreception |

As nouns the difference between electrical and electroreception

is that electrical is an electrical engineer while electroreception is the biological ability to perceive electrical impulses, used for electrolocation and electrocommunication and particularly common among aquatic creatures (since salt water is a more efficient conductor than air).

As an adjective electrical

is related to electricity (or electronics.

electrical

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Related to electricity (or electronics)

    • Related terms

    * electromechanical

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An electrical engineer.
    • ----

    electroreception

    English

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia electroreception)
  • The biological ability to perceive electrical impulses, used for electrolocation and electrocommunication and particularly common among aquatic creatures (since salt water is a more efficient conductor than air).

    • Synonyms

    * electroception

    Derived terms

    * electroreceptive