organism vs relict

relict vs organism

organism and relict both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
organism	Yes	No	No	No
relict	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, relict is a hyponym of organism; that is, relict 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
relict: an organism or species surviving as a remnant of an otherwise extinct flora or fauna in an environment much changed from that in which it originated

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, congener, 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, saprophyte, saprophytic organism, saprobe, katharobe, epilith.

organism (noun)	relict (noun)
a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently	geological feature that is a remnant of a pre-existing formation after other parts have disappeared
a system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body	an organism or species surviving as a remnant of an otherwise extinct flora or fauna in an environment much changed from that in which it originated

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