invertebrate vs worm

worm vs invertebrate

invertebrate and worm both are nouns.

invertebrate is an adjective but worm is not an adjective.

invertebrate is not a verb while worm is a verb.

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

As nouns, worm is a hyponym of invertebrate; that is, 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
worm: any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae

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

invertebrate (noun)	worm (noun)
any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification	any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae
	screw thread on a gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or rack
	a software program capable of reproducing itself that can spread from one computer to the next over a network
	a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect

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

invertebrate (verb)	worm (verb)
	to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)

Difference between invertebrate and worm

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