phagocyte vs vegetative cell

phagocyte and vegetative cell both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
phagocyte	Yes	No	No	No
vegetative cell	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, vegetative cell is a hypernym of phagocyte; that is, vegetative cell is a word with a broader meaning than phagocyte:

phagocyte: a cell that engulfs and digests debris and invading microorganisms
vegetative cell: any of the cells of a plant or animal except the reproductive cells; a cell that does not participate in the production of gametes

Other hypernyms of phagocyte include somatic cell.

phagocyte (noun)	vegetative cell (noun)
a cell that engulfs and digests debris and invading microorganisms	any of the cells of a plant or animal except the reproductive cells; a cell that does not participate in the production of gametes