Nonrhotic vs Nonphotic - What's the difference?
nonrhotic | nonphotic |
Not photic in nature or origin; unrelated to visible light
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, passage=BBs, "stars," and other "nonphotic " visual stimuli (i.e., those not actually produced by light) are called photopsia or phosphenes. }}
As adjectives the difference between nonrhotic and nonphotic
is that nonrhotic is while nonphotic is not photic in nature or origin; unrelated to visible light.nonphotic
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