lymph cell vs lymphocyte

lymph cell and lymphocyte both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
lymph cell	Yes	No	No	No
lymphocyte	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, lymph cell and lymphocyte are synonyms defined as:

lymph cell and lymphocyte: an agranulocytic leukocyte that normally makes up a quarter of the white blood cell count but increases in the presence of infection

lymph cell (noun)	lymphocyte (noun)
an agranulocytic leukocyte that normally makes up a quarter of the white blood cell count but increases in the presence of infection	an agranulocytic leukocyte that normally makes up a quarter of the white blood cell count but increases in the presence of infection