nutrient vs solid food

solid food vs nutrient

nutrient and solid food both are nouns.

nutrient is an adjective but solid food is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
nutrient	Yes	Yes	No	No
solid food	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, solid food is a hypernym of nutrient; that is, solid food is a word with a broader meaning than nutrient:

nutrient: any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
solid food: any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment

Other hypernyms of nutrient include substance, food.

nutrient (noun)	solid food (noun)
any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue	any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment
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)	solid food (adjective)
of or providing nourishment

Difference between nutrient and solid food

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.