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Phosphor vs Semiconductor - What's the difference?

phosphor | semiconductor |

As nouns the difference between phosphor and semiconductor

is that phosphor is any of various compounds of transition metals or of rare earths that exhibits phosphorescence while semiconductor is a substance with electrical properties intermediate between a good conductor and a good insulator.

As a proper noun Phosphor

is alternative name of Phosphorus, the morning star.

phosphor

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • alternative name of Phosphorus, the morning star
  • Anna likened you to Phosphor , the morning star, and herself to Hesper, the mortal star of evening, and when I told her those twin stars were one and the same, and not a star at all but the planet Venus... - John Barth
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    semiconductor

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (physics) A substance with electrical properties intermediate between a good conductor and a good insulator.
  • See also

    * germanium * silicium * silicon ----