bacteroid vs bacterium

bacterium vs bacteroid

bacteroid and bacterium both are nouns.

bacteroid is an adjective but bacterium is not an adjective.

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

As nouns, bacterium is a hypernym of bacteroid; that is, bacterium 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)
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

Other hypernyms of bacteroid include bacteria.

bacteroid (noun)	bacterium (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)	bacterium (adjective)
resembling bacteria

Difference between bacteroid and bacterium

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