bacteria vs gonococcus

gonococcus vs bacteria

bacteria and gonococcus both are nouns.

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

As nouns, gonococcus is a hyponym of bacteria; that is, gonococcus 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
gonococcus: 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, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, legionella, Legionella pneumophilia, nitrobacterium, penicillin-resistant bacteria, pus-forming bacteria, rod, diplococcus, superbug.

bacteria (noun)	gonococcus (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 gonococcus

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