bacteria vs acidophil

acidophil vs bacteria

bacteria and acidophil both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bacteria	Yes	No	No	No
acidophil	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, acidophil is a hyponym of bacteria; that is, acidophil 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
acidophil: an organism that thrives in a relatively acid environment

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

bacteria (noun)	acidophil (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	an organism that thrives in a relatively acid environment

Difference between bacteria and acidophil

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