nutrient vs culture medium

culture medium vs nutrient

nutrient and culture medium both are nouns.

nutrient is an adjective but culture medium is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
nutrient	Yes	Yes	No	No
culture medium	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, culture medium is a hyponym of nutrient; that is, culture medium 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
culture medium: (bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms

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, chyme, medium.

nutrient (noun)	culture medium (noun)
any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue	(bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms
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)	culture medium (adjective)
of or providing nourishment

Difference between nutrient and culture medium

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