kingdom vs Protoctista

Protoctista vs kingdom

kingdom and Protoctista both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
kingdom	Yes	No	No	No
Protoctista	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Protoctista is a hyponym of kingdom; that is, Protoctista is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than kingdom:

kingdom: the highest taxonomic group into which organisms are grouped; one of five biological categories: Monera or Protoctista or Plantae or Fungi or Animalia
Protoctista: in most modern classifications, replacement for the Protista; includes: Protozoa, Euglenophyta, Chlorophyta, Cryptophyta, Heterokontophyta, Rhodophyta, unicellular protists and their descendant multicellular organisms: regarded as distinct from plants and animals

Other hyponyms of kingdom include animal kingdom, Animalia, kingdom Animalia, kingdom Monera, kingdom Prokaryotae, Monera, Prokayotae, kingdom Protoctista, kingdom Plantae, plant kingdom, Plantae, Fungi, fungus kingdom, kingdom Fungi.

kingdom (noun)	Protoctista (noun)
a basic group of natural objects	in most modern classifications, replacement for the Protista; includes: Protozoa, Euglenophyta, Chlorophyta, Cryptophyta, Heterokontophyta, Rhodophyta, unicellular protists and their descendant multicellular organisms: regarded as distinct from plants and animals
a monarchy with a king or queen as head of state
the highest taxonomic group into which organisms are grouped; one of five biological categories: Monera or Protoctista or Plantae or Fungi or Animalia
the domain ruled by a king or queen
a country with a king as head of state
a domain in which something is dominant

Difference between kingdom and Protoctista

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