paraphysis vs filament

paraphysis and filament both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
paraphysis	Yes	No	No	No
filament	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, filament is a hypernym of paraphysis; that is, filament is a word with a broader meaning than paraphysis:

paraphysis: a sterile simple or branched filament or hair borne among sporangia; may be pointed or clubbed
filament: a very slender natural or synthetic fiber

Other hypernyms of paraphysis include fibril, strand.

paraphysis (noun)	filament (noun)
a sterile simple or branched filament or hair borne among sporangia; may be pointed or clubbed	a thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current
	a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells)
	the stalk of a stamen
	a very slender natural or synthetic fiber