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organism vs congener

congener vs organism

organism and congener both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
organism Yes No No No
congener Yes No No No
As nouns, congener is a hyponym of organism; that is, congener is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than organism:
  • organism: a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
  • congener: an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)
Other hyponyms of organism include benthos, dwarf, heterotroph, parent, individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul, animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna, flora, plant, plant life, native, recombinant, conspecific, carrier, denizen, amphidiploid, diploid, haploid, heteroploid, polyploid, animalcule, animalculum, micro-organism, microorganism, aerobe, anaerobe, cross, crossbreed, hybrid, polymorph, congenator, congeneric, relative, plankton, nekton, parasite, host, commensal, myrmecophile, eucaryote, eukaryote, procaryote, prokaryote, zooid, clon, clone, atavist, throwback, individual, mascot, mutant, mutation, sport, variation, postdiluvian, sitter, stander, utterer, vocaliser, vocalizer, endemic, fungus, nonvascular organism, relict, saprophyte, saprophytic organism, saprobe, katharobe, epilith.
organism (noun) congener (noun)
a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently a whole (a thing or person) of the same kind or category as another
a system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)
a minor chemical constituent that gives a wine or liquor its distinctive character
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