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ergot vs fungus

fungus vs ergot

ergot and fungus both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
ergot Yes No No No
fungus Yes No No No
As nouns, fungus is a hypernym of ergot; that is, fungus is a word with a broader meaning than ergot:
  • ergot: a fungus that infects various cereal plants forming compact black masses of branching filaments that replace many grains of the plant; source of medicinally important alkaloids and of lysergic acid
  • fungus: an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia
ergot (noun) fungus (noun)
a fungus that infects various cereal plants forming compact black masses of branching filaments that replace many grains of the plant; source of medicinally important alkaloids and of lysergic acid an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia
a plant disease caused by the ergot fungus
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