heterograft vs transplant

transplant vs heterograft

heterograft and transplant both are nouns.

heterograft is not a verb while transplant is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
heterograft	Yes	No	No	No
transplant	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, transplant is a hypernym of heterograft; that is, transplant is a word with a broader meaning than heterograft:

heterograft: tissue from an animal of one species used as a temporary graft (as in cases of severe burns) on an individual of another species
transplant: (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient

Other hypernyms of heterograft include graft.

heterograft (noun)	transplant (noun)
tissue from an animal of one species used as a temporary graft (as in cases of severe burns) on an individual of another species	the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location
	an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient)
	(surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient

heterograft (verb)	transplant (verb)
	transfer from one place or period to another
	place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient
	lift and reset in another soil or situation
	be transplantable

Difference between heterograft and transplant

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