horizon vs stratum

stratum vs horizon

horizon and stratum both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
horizon	Yes	No	No	No
stratum	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, stratum is a hypernym of horizon; that is, stratum is a word with a broader meaning than horizon:

horizon: a specific layer or stratum of soil or subsoil in a vertical cross section of land
stratum: one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock)

horizon (noun)	stratum (noun)
the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated	an abstract place usually conceived as having depth
the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet	a subpopulation divided into a stratified sampling
a specific layer or stratum of soil or subsoil in a vertical cross section of land	people having the same social, economic, or educational status
the great circle on the celestial sphere whose plane passes through the sensible horizon and the center of the Earth	one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock)

Difference between horizon and stratum

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