Guinea worm vs nematode worm

nematode worm vs Guinea worm

Guinea worm and nematode worm both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Guinea worm	Yes	No	No	No
nematode worm	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, nematode worm is a hypernym of Guinea worm; that is, nematode worm is a word with a broader meaning than Guinea worm:

Guinea worm: parasitic roundworm of India and Africa that lives in the abdomen or beneath the skin of humans and other vertebrates
nematode worm: unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic

Other hypernyms of Guinea worm include nematode, roundworm.

Guinea worm (noun)	nematode worm (noun)
parasitic roundworm of India and Africa that lives in the abdomen or beneath the skin of humans and other vertebrates	unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic
a painful and debilitating infestation contracted by drinking stagnant water contaminated with Guinea worm larvae that can mature inside a human's abdomen until the worm emerges through a painful blister in the person's skin

Difference between Guinea worm and nematode worm

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