nutrient vs chyme

chyme vs nutrient

nutrient and chyme both are nouns.

nutrient is an adjective but chyme is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
nutrient	Yes	Yes	No	No
chyme	Yes	No	No	No

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

nutrient: any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
chyme: a semiliquid mass of partially digested food that passes from the stomach through the pyloric sphincter into the duodenum

Other hyponyms of nutrient include vitellus, yolk, comfort food, comestible, eatable, edible, pabulum, victual, victuals, fare, food product, foodstuff, aliment, alimentation, nourishment, nutriment, nutrition, sustenance, victuals, commissariat, provender, provisions, viands, victuals, feed, provender, manna, manna from heaven, miraculous food, beverage, drink, drinkable, potable, water, soul food, micronutrient, culture medium, medium.

nutrient (noun)	chyme (noun)
any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue	a semiliquid mass of partially digested food that passes from the stomach through the pyloric sphincter into the duodenum
any substance (such as a chemical element or inorganic compound) that can be taken in by a green plant and used in organic synthesis

nutrient (adjective)	chyme (adjective)
of or providing nourishment

Difference between nutrient and chyme

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