inflorescence vs ament

inflorescence and ament both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
inflorescence	Yes	No	No	No
ament	Yes	No	No	No

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

inflorescence: the flowering part of a plant or arrangement of flowers on a stalk
ament: a cylindrical spikelike inflorescence

Other hyponyms of inflorescence include flower head, catkin, umbel, corymb, flower cluster, cyme, spike.

inflorescence (noun)	ament (noun)
the flowering part of a plant or arrangement of flowers on a stalk	a cylindrical spikelike inflorescence
the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms