bacteria vs Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Neisseria gonorrhoeae vs bacteria

bacteria and Neisseria gonorrhoeae both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bacteria	Yes	No	No	No
Neisseria gonorrhoeae	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Neisseria gonorrhoeae is a hyponym of bacteria; that is, Neisseria gonorrhoeae is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than bacteria:

bacteria: (microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants
Neisseria gonorrhoeae: the pus-producing bacterium that causes gonorrhea

Other hyponyms of bacteria include acidophil, acidophile, probiotic, probiotic bacterium, probiotic flora, probiotic microflora, bacteroid, eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria, Calymmatobacterium, genus Calymmatobacterium, Francisella, genus Francisella, gonococcus, legionella, Legionella pneumophilia, nitrobacterium, penicillin-resistant bacteria, pus-forming bacteria, rod, diplococcus, superbug.

bacteria (noun)	Neisseria gonorrhoeae (noun)
(microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants	the pus-producing bacterium that causes gonorrhea

Difference between bacteria and Neisseria gonorrhoeae

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