plasm vs protoplasm

plasm and protoplasm both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
plasm	Yes	No	No	No
protoplasm	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, protoplasm is a hypernym of plasm; that is, protoplasm is a word with a broader meaning than plasm:

plasm: the protoplasm of the germ cells that contains chromosomes and genes
protoplasm: the substance of a living cell (including cytoplasm and nucleus)

Other hypernyms of plasm include living substance.

plasm (noun)	protoplasm (noun)
the protoplasm of the germ cells that contains chromosomes and genes	the substance of a living cell (including cytoplasm and nucleus)
the colorless watery fluid of the blood and lymph that contains no cells, but in which the blood cells (erythrocytes, leukocytes, and thrombocytes) are suspended