food vs chyme

food and chyme both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
food	Yes	No	No	No
chyme	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, chyme is a hyponym of food; that is, chyme is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than food:

food: any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
chyme: a semiliquid mass of partially digested food that passes from the stomach through the pyloric sphincter into the duodenum

Other hyponyms of food include vitellus, yolk, comfort food, comestible, eatable, edible, pabulum, victual, victuals, fare, food product, foodstuff, aliment, alimentation, nourishment, nutriment, nutrition, sustenance, victuals, commissariat, provender, provisions, viands, victuals, feed, provender, manna, manna from heaven, miraculous food, beverage, drink, drinkable, potable, water, soul food, micronutrient, culture medium, medium.

food (noun)	chyme (noun)
any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue	a semiliquid mass of partially digested food that passes from the stomach through the pyloric sphincter into the duodenum
anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking
any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment

Difference between food and chyme

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