Ray and Strain

Ray

Ray noun - A very small amount.
Usage example: the tapping sound ceased, extinguishing the last ray of hope that the trapped miners were still alive

Strain and ray are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Strain" instead a noun "Ray".

Nearby Words: rayed, raying, raye

Strain

Strain noun - A very small amount.
Usage example: detected a strain of panic in her voice when she asked if the substance was poisonous

Ray and strain are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ray" instead a noun "Strain".

Nearby Words: strained, straining, strainer

How words are described

special special ray special strain
common common ray common strain
original original ray original strain
single single ray single strain
Other adjectives: real, massive, big, great, enormous, huge, dangerous, new, experimental, deadly, lethal, last, different, mutant.

Both words in one sentence

  • Literature / The Seventh Tower Trigger Happy: Tal begins to get like this towards the end due to strain, almost snapping off a red ray of destruction at Crow when he was (uncharacteristically) giving light out of respect.
  • Western Animation / Supernoobs Amulet of Concentrated Awesome: The Battle Balls are the Transformation Trinket that gives Virus Fighters their powers, including, but not limited to, Instant Armor, turning into ray guns and laser blades, and preventing infection by the (normal) strain of the Virus.
  • Laser Blade There are no rays visible, and it's not quite clear whether these are Laser Blades or Ray Guns, but the physical strain and use of "feints, parries, thrusts, in short, all the tricks of the fencing-school" strongly implies the former.
    Source: Laser Blade
Cite this Source
Strain and Ray. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/ray/strain
Ray & Strain. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/ray/strain>.
Strain or Ray. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/ray/strain.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "ray" and "strain" have occurred on timeline