invertebrate vs peanut worm

peanut worm vs invertebrate

invertebrate and peanut worm both are nouns.

invertebrate is an adjective but peanut worm is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
invertebrate	Yes	Yes	No	No
peanut worm	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, peanut worm is a hyponym of invertebrate; that is, peanut worm is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than invertebrate:

invertebrate: any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification
peanut worm: small unsegmented marine worm that when disturbed retracts its anterior portion into the body giving the appearance of a peanut

Other hyponyms of invertebrate include arthropod, zoophyte, parazoan, poriferan, sponge, cnidarian, coelenterate, comb jelly, ctenophore, worm, borer, woodborer, rotifer, mollusc, mollusk, shellfish, phoronid, bryozoan, moss animal, polyzoan, sea mat, sea moss, ectoproct, entoproct, Symbion pandora, brachiopod, lamp shell, lampshell, sipunculid, echinoderm.

invertebrate (noun)	peanut worm (noun)
any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification	small unsegmented marine worm that when disturbed retracts its anterior portion into the body giving the appearance of a peanut

invertebrate (adjective)	peanut worm (adjective)
lacking a backbone or spinal column

Difference between invertebrate and peanut worm

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