awlwort vs hydrophyte

awlwort and hydrophyte both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
awlwort	Yes	No	No	No
hydrophyte	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, hydrophyte is a hypernym of awlwort; that is, hydrophyte is a word with a broader meaning than awlwort:

awlwort: small aquatic plant having tufted awl-shaped leaves in a basal rosette and minute white flowers; circumboreal
hydrophyte: a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth

Other hypernyms of awlwort include aquatic plant, hydrophytic plant, water plant.

awlwort (noun)	hydrophyte (noun)
small aquatic plant having tufted awl-shaped leaves in a basal rosette and minute white flowers; circumboreal	a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth