mutation vs organism

organism vs mutation

mutation and organism both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mutation	Yes	No	No	No
organism	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, organism is a hypernym of mutation; that is, organism is a word with a broader meaning than mutation:

mutation: (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration
organism: a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently

Other hypernyms of mutation include being.

mutation (noun)	organism (noun)
(genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism	a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
a change or alteration in form or qualities	a system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body
(biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration

Difference between mutation and organism

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