plant part vs receptacle

receptacle vs plant part

plant part and receptacle both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
plant part	Yes	No	No	No
receptacle	Yes	No	No	No

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

plant part: any part of a plant or fungus
receptacle: enlarged tip of a stem that bears the floral parts

Other hyponyms of plant part include stub, button, thallus, cap, pileus, calyptra, volva, domatium, pycnidium, stipule, tepal, gynostegium, chalaza, nucellus, germ tube, pollen tube, mentum, corona, lip, mycelium, plant organ, aril, duct, veil, velum, annulus, skirt, plant tissue, tendril, stump, tree stump, prophyll, stock, kernel, meat, lobe, ligule.

plant part (noun)	receptacle (noun)
any part of a plant or fungus	a container that is used to put or keep things in
	an electrical (or electronic) fitting that is connected to a source of power and equipped to receive an insert
	enlarged tip of a stem that bears the floral parts

Difference between plant part and receptacle

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