Electrolytic cell and Electric cell

Electrolytic cell noun - A cell containing an electrolyte in which an applied voltage causes a reaction to occur that would not occur otherwise (such as the breakdown of water into hydrogen and oxygen).

Electric cell and electrolytic cell are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Electric cell" instead a noun phrase "Electrolytic cell".

Electric cell noun - A device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction.

Electrolytic cell and electric cell are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "Electrolytic cell" with "Electric cell", this phrases are similar.