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coliphage vs phage

phage vs coliphage

coliphage and phage both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
coliphage Yes No No No
phage Yes No No No
As nouns, phage is a hypernym of coliphage; that is, phage is a word with a broader meaning than coliphage:
  • coliphage: a bacteriophage that infects the bacterium Escherichia coli
  • phage: a virus that is parasitic (reproduces itself) in bacteria
Other hypernyms of coliphage include bacteriophage.
coliphage (noun) phage (noun)
a bacteriophage that infects the bacterium Escherichia coli a virus that is parasitic (reproduces itself) in bacteria
Difference between coliphage and phage

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