bacteroid vs bacteria

bacteria vs bacteroid

bacteroid and bacteria both are nouns.

bacteroid is an adjective but bacteria is not an adjective.

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

As nouns, bacteria is a hypernym of bacteroid; that is, bacteria is a word with a broader meaning than bacteroid:

bacteroid: a rodlike bacterium (especially any of the rod-shaped or branched bacteria in the root nodules of nitrogen-fixing plants)
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

Other hypernyms of bacteroid include bacterium.

bacteroid (noun)	bacteria (noun)
a rodlike bacterium (especially any of the rod-shaped or branched bacteria in the root nodules of nitrogen-fixing plants)	(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

bacteroid (adjective)	bacteria (adjective)
resembling bacteria

Difference between bacteroid and bacteria

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