embryo vs animal

animal vs embryo

embryo and animal both are nouns.

embryo is not an adjective while animal is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
embryo	Yes	No	No	No
animal	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, animal is a hypernym of embryo; that is, animal is a word with a broader meaning than embryo:

embryo: an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life
animal: a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

Other hypernyms of embryo include animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna.

embryo (noun)	animal (noun)
an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life	a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
(botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium

embryo (adjective)	animal (adjective)
	marked by the appetites and passions of the body

Difference between embryo and animal

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