animate being vs embryo

embryo vs animate being

animate being and embryo both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
animate being	Yes	No	No	No
embryo	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, embryo is a hyponym of animate being; that is, embryo is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than animate being:

animate being: a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
embryo: an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life

Other hyponyms of animate being include pest, critter, creepy-crawly, darter, peeper, homeotherm, homoiotherm, homotherm, ectotherm, poikilotherm, range animal, varment, varmint, scavenger, work animal, domestic animal, domesticated animal, feeder, migrator, molter, moulter, pet, stayer, stunt, marine animal, marine creature, sea animal, sea creature, female, male, adult, offspring, young, pureblood, purebred, thoroughbred, giant, survivor, mutant, herbivore, insectivore, acrodont, pleurodont, zooplankton, conceptus, fertilized egg, chordate, invertebrate, metazoan, omnivore, predator, predatory animal, prey, quarry, game, hexapod, biped, larva, racer, fictional animal, captive, mate, albino, spirit animal.

animate being (noun)	embryo (noun)
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement	an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life
	(botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium

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