soya vs legume

soya and legume both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
soya	Yes	No	No	No
legume	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, legume is a hypernym of soya; that is, legume is a word with a broader meaning than soya:

soya: erect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowers; extensively cultivated for food and forage and soil improvement but especially for its nutritious oil-rich seeds; native to Asia
legume: an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae

Other hypernyms of soya include leguminous plant.

soya (noun)	legume (noun)
the most highly proteinaceous vegetable known; the fruit of the soybean plant is used in a variety of foods and as fodder (especially as a replacement for animal protein)	the seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils)
erect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowers; extensively cultivated for food and forage and soil improvement but especially for its nutritious oil-rich seeds; native to Asia	an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae
	the fruit or seed of any of various bean or pea plants consisting of a case that splits along both sides when ripe and having the seeds attach to one side of the case

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