bacterium vs pus-forming bacteria

pus-forming bacteria vs bacterium

bacterium and pus-forming bacteria both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bacterium	Yes	No	No	No
pus-forming bacteria	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, pus-forming bacteria is a hyponym of bacterium; that is, pus-forming bacteria is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than bacterium:

bacterium: (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
pus-forming bacteria: bacteria that produce pus

Other hyponyms of bacterium include acidophil, 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, rod, diplococcus, superbug.

bacterium (noun)	pus-forming bacteria (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	bacteria that produce pus

Difference between bacterium and pus-forming bacteria

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