ectoplasm vs cytol

ectoplasm and cytol both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ectoplasm	Yes	No	No	No
cytol	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, cytol is a hypernym of ectoplasm; that is, cytol is a word with a broader meaning than ectoplasm:

ectoplasm: the outer granule-free layer of cytoplasm
cytol: the protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus; is full of proteins that control cell metabolism

Other hypernyms of ectoplasm include cytoplasm.

ectoplasm (noun)	cytol (noun)
the outer granule-free layer of cytoplasm	the protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus; is full of proteins that control cell metabolism
(spiritualism) a substance supposed to emanate from the body of the medium during a trance