awlwort vs hydrophytic plant

awlwort and hydrophytic plant both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
awlwort	Yes	No	No	No
hydrophytic plant	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, hydrophytic plant is a hypernym of awlwort; that is, hydrophytic plant 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
hydrophytic plant: 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, hydrophyte, water plant.

awlwort (noun)	hydrophytic plant (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