laver vs chlorophyte

laver and chlorophyte both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
laver	Yes	No	No	No
chlorophyte	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, chlorophyte is a hypernym of laver; that is, chlorophyte is a word with a broader meaning than laver:

laver: seaweed with edible translucent crinkly green fronds
chlorophyte: algae that are clear green in color; often growing on wet ricks or damp wood or the surface of stagnant water

Other hypernyms of laver include green algae.

laver (noun)	chlorophyte (noun)
(Old Testament) large basin used by a priest in an ancient Jewish temple to perform ritual ablutions	algae that are clear green in color; often growing on wet ricks or damp wood or the surface of stagnant water
seaweed with edible translucent crinkly green fronds
edible red seaweeds