layer vs chromosphere

chromosphere vs layer

layer and chromosphere both are nouns.

layer is a verb but chromosphere is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
layer	Yes	No	Yes	No
chromosphere	Yes	No	No	No

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

layer: a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another
chromosphere: a gaseous layer of the sun's atmosphere (extending from the photosphere to the corona) that is visible during a total eclipse of the sun

Other hyponyms of layer include stratum, asthenosphere, crust, Earth's crust, exosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere, lithosphere, lower mantle, mantle, mesosphere, ozone layer, ozonosphere, stratosphere, Earth's surface, surface, thermosphere, tropopause, troposphere, upper mantle, cell wall, snow.

layer (noun)	chromosphere (noun)
thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells	a gaseous layer of the sun's atmosphere (extending from the photosphere to the corona) that is visible during a total eclipse of the sun
a hen that lays eggs
single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance
an abstract place usually conceived as having depth
a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another

layer (verb)	chromosphere (verb)
make or form a layer

Difference between layer and chromosphere

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