embryo vs animate being

animate being vs embryo

embryo and animate being both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
embryo	Yes	No	No	No
animate being	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, animate being is a hypernym of embryo; that is, animate being 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
animate being: a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

Other hypernyms of embryo include animal, beast, brute, creature, fauna.

embryo (noun)	animate being (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

Difference between embryo and animate being

Words related to "animate being"

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