hydrophytic plant vs aquatic plant

hydrophytic plant and aquatic plant both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hydrophytic plant	Yes	No	No	No
aquatic plant	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, hydrophytic plant and aquatic plant are synonyms defined as:

hydrophytic plant and aquatic plant: a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth

Other synonyms of hydrophytic plant include hydrophyte, water plant.

hydrophytic plant (noun)	aquatic plant (noun)
a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth	a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth