aperture vs pore

aperture and pore both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
aperture	Yes	No	No	No
pore	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, pore is a hyponym of aperture; that is, pore is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than aperture:

aperture: a natural opening in something
pore: a minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor can pass

Other hyponyms of aperture include pupil, micropyle, stoma, stomate.

aperture (noun)	pore (noun)
an man-made opening; usually small	any small opening in the skin or outer surface of an animal
a device that controls amount of light admitted	a minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor can pass
a natural opening in something	any tiny hole admitting passage of a liquid (fluid or gas)

aperture (verb)	pore (verb)
	direct one's attention on something