micro-organism vs bacterium

bacterium vs micro-organism

micro-organism and bacterium both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
micro-organism	Yes	No	No	No
bacterium	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, bacterium is a hyponym of micro-organism; that is, bacterium is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than micro-organism:

micro-organism: any organism of microscopic size
bacterium: (microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants

Other hyponyms of micro-organism include monad, intestinal flora, virus, moneran, moneron, bacteria, bug, germ, microbe, pathogen, protoctist, protist, protistan, microflora.

micro-organism (noun)	bacterium (noun)
any organism of microscopic size	(microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants

Difference between micro-organism and bacterium

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