roundworm vs Guinea worm

Guinea worm vs roundworm

roundworm and Guinea worm both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
roundworm	Yes	No	No	No
Guinea worm	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Guinea worm is a hyponym of roundworm; that is, Guinea worm is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than roundworm:

roundworm: unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic
Guinea worm: parasitic roundworm of India and Africa that lives in the abdomen or beneath the skin of humans and other vertebrates

Other hyponyms of roundworm include Ascaris lumbricoides, common roundworm, Ascaridia galli, chicken roundworm, Enterobius vermicularis, pinworm, threadworm, eelworm, Tylenchus tritici, wheat eel, wheat eelworm, wheatworm, trichina, Trichinella spiralis, hookworm, filaria, Dracunculus medinensis.

roundworm (noun)	Guinea worm (noun)
unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic	parasitic roundworm of India and Africa that lives in the abdomen or beneath the skin of humans and other vertebrates
infections of the skin or nails caused by fungi and appearing as itching circular patches	a painful and debilitating infestation contracted by drinking stagnant water contaminated with Guinea worm larvae that can mature inside a human's abdomen until the worm emerges through a painful blister in the person's skin

Difference between roundworm and Guinea worm

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