chlorophyte vs desmid

chlorophyte and desmid both are nouns.

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

As nouns, desmid is a hyponym of chlorophyte; that is, desmid is a word with a more specific, narrower 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
desmid: freshwater green algae

Other hyponyms of chlorophyte include laver, sea lettuce, pond scum, spirogyra, stonewort.

chlorophyte (noun)	desmid (noun)
algae that are clear green in color; often growing on wet ricks or damp wood or the surface of stagnant water	freshwater green algae