embolus vs clot

embolus and clot both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
embolus	Yes	No	No	No
clot	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, clot is a hypernym of embolus; that is, clot is a word with a broader meaning than embolus:

embolus: an abnormal particle (e.g. an air bubble or part of a clot) circulating in the blood
clot: a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid

Other hypernyms of embolus include coagulum.

embolus (noun)	clot (noun)
an abnormal particle (e.g. an air bubble or part of a clot) circulating in the blood	a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid

embolus (verb)	clot (verb)
	turn into curds
	change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state
	cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state
	coalesce or unite in a mass