Prayer beads and String of beads

Prayer beads noun - A string of beads used in counting prayers (especially by Catholics).

String of beads and prayer beads are semantically related. In some cases you can use "String of beads" instead a noun phrase "Prayer beads".

String of beads noun - Several beads threaded together on a string.

Prayer beads and string of beads are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "Prayer beads" with "String of beads", this phrases are similar.