ciliate vs infusorian

ciliate and infusorian both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ciliate	Yes	Yes	No	No
infusorian	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, infusorian is a hyponym of ciliate; that is, infusorian is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than ciliate:

ciliate: a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell
infusorian: any member of the subclass Infusoria

Other hyponyms of ciliate include paramecia, paramecium, tetrahymena, stentor, vorticella.

ciliate (noun)	infusorian (noun)
a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell	any member of the subclass Infusoria

ciliate (adjective)	infusorian (adjective)
of or relating to the human eyelash
of or relating to cilia projecting from the surface of a cell
having a margin or fringe of hairlike projections