Ctenophora vs phylum

Ctenophora and phylum both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Ctenophora	Yes	No	No	No
phylum	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, phylum is a hypernym of Ctenophora; that is, phylum is a word with a broader meaning than Ctenophora:

Ctenophora: comb jellies; sea acorns; a small phylum formerly considered a class of Coelenterata
phylum: (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes

Ctenophora (noun)	phylum (noun)
comb jellies; sea acorns; a small phylum formerly considered a class of Coelenterata	(biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes
	(linguistics) a large group of languages that are historically related