plant vs autotroph

autotroph vs plant

plant and autotroph both are nouns.

plant is a verb but autotroph is not a verb.

As nouns, autotroph is a hyponym of plant; that is, autotroph is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than plant:

plant: (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
autotroph: plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances

Other hyponyms of plant include microflora, crop, endemic, holophyte, non-flowering plant, plantlet, wilding, ornamental, pot plant, acrogen, apomict, aquatic, cryptogam, annual, biennial, perennial, escape, hygrophyte, neophyte, embryo, monocarp, monocarpic plant, monocarpous plant, sporophyte, gametophyte, houseplant, garden plant, vascular plant, tracheophyte, poisonous plant, epiphyte, epiphytic plant, aerophyte, air plant, rock plant, autophyte, autophytic plant, autotrophic organism, myrmecophyte, phytoplankton.

plant (noun)	autotroph (noun)
buildings for carrying on industrial labor	plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances
(botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
an actor situated in the audience whose acting is rehearsed but seems spontaneous to the audience
something planted secretly for discovery by another

plant (verb)	autotroph (verb)
put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground
fix or set securely or deeply
set up or lay the groundwork for
place into a river
place something or someone in a certain position in order to secretly observe or deceive
put firmly in the mind

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