chlorophyte vs alga

chlorophyte and alga both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
chlorophyte	Yes	No	No	No
alga	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, alga is a hypernym of chlorophyte; that is, alga is a word with a broader meaning than chlorophyte:

chlorophyte: algae that are clear green in color; often growing on wet ricks or damp wood or the surface of stagnant water
alga: primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves

Other hypernyms of chlorophyte include algae.

chlorophyte (noun)	alga (noun)
algae that are clear green in color; often growing on wet ricks or damp wood or the surface of stagnant water	primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves