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puffball vs fungus

fungus vs puffball

puffball and fungus both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
puffball Yes No No No
fungus Yes No No No
As nouns, fungus is a hypernym of puffball; that is, fungus is a word with a broader meaning than puffball:
  • puffball: any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature
  • fungus: an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia
As nouns, fungus is a hypernym of puffball; that is, fungus is a word with a broader meaning than puffball:
  • puffball: any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles
  • fungus: an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia
puffball (noun) fungus (noun)
any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia
any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles
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