infusorian vs ciliate

infusorian and ciliate both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
infusorian	Yes	No	No	No
ciliate	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, ciliate is a hypernym of infusorian; that is, ciliate is a word with a broader meaning than infusorian:

infusorian: any member of the subclass Infusoria
ciliate: a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell

Other hypernyms of infusorian include ciliated protozoan, ciliophoran.

infusorian (noun)	ciliate (noun)
any member of the subclass Infusoria	a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell

infusorian (adjective)	ciliate (adjective)
	of or relating to the human eyelash
	of or relating to cilia projecting from the surface of a cell
	having a margin or fringe of hairlike projections