iris vs membrane

membrane vs iris

iris and membrane both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
iris	Yes	No	No	No
membrane	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, membrane is a hypernym of iris; that is, membrane is a word with a broader meaning than iris:

iris: muscular diaphragm that controls the size of the pupil which in turn controls the amount of light that enters the eye; it forms the colored portion of the eye
membrane: a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants

Other hypernyms of iris include tissue layer.

iris (noun)	membrane (noun)
diaphragm consisting of thin overlapping plates that can be adjusted to change the diameter of a central opening	a thin pliable sheet of material
muscular diaphragm that controls the size of the pupil which in turn controls the amount of light that enters the eye; it forms the colored portion of the eye	a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants
plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals

Difference between iris and membrane

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.