iris vs tissue layer

tissue layer vs iris

iris and tissue layer both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
iris	Yes	No	No	No
tissue layer	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, tissue layer is a hypernym of iris; that is, tissue layer 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
tissue layer: a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants

Other hypernyms of iris include membrane.

iris (noun)	tissue layer (noun)
diaphragm consisting of thin overlapping plates that can be adjusted to change the diameter of a central opening	a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants
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
plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals

Difference between iris and tissue layer

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