inflorescence vs cyme

inflorescence and cyme both are nouns.

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

As nouns, cyme is a hyponym of inflorescence; that is, cyme 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
cyme: more or less flat-topped cluster of flowers in which the central or terminal flower opens first

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

inflorescence (noun)	cyme (noun)
the flowering part of a plant or arrangement of flowers on a stalk	more or less flat-topped cluster of flowers in which the central or terminal flower opens first
the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms