macrophage vs phagocyte

macrophage and phagocyte both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
macrophage	Yes	No	No	No
phagocyte	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, phagocyte is a hypernym of macrophage; that is, phagocyte is a word with a broader meaning than macrophage:

macrophage: a large phagocyte; some are fixed and other circulate in the blood stream
phagocyte: a cell that engulfs and digests debris and invading microorganisms

Other hypernyms of macrophage include scavenger cell.

macrophage (noun)	phagocyte (noun)
a large phagocyte; some are fixed and other circulate in the blood stream	a cell that engulfs and digests debris and invading microorganisms