saprophyte vs being

saprophyte and being both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
saprophyte	Yes	No	No	No
being	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, being is a hypernym of saprophyte; that is, being is a word with a broader meaning than saprophyte:

saprophyte: an organism that feeds on dead organic matter especially a fungus or bacterium
being: a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently

Other hypernyms of saprophyte include organism.

saprophyte (noun)	being (noun)
an organism that feeds on dead organic matter especially a fungus or bacterium	a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
	the state or fact of existing