nutrient vs vitellus

vitellus vs nutrient

nutrient and vitellus both are nouns.

nutrient is an adjective but vitellus is not an adjective.

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

As nouns, vitellus is a hyponym of nutrient; that is, vitellus 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
vitellus: nutritive material of an ovum stored for the nutrition of an embryo (especially the yellow mass of a bird or reptile egg)

Other hyponyms of nutrient include 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, culture medium, medium.

nutrient (noun)	vitellus (noun)
any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue	nutritive material of an ovum stored for the nutrition of an embryo (especially the yellow mass of a bird or reptile egg)
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)	vitellus (adjective)
of or providing nourishment

Difference between nutrient and vitellus

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