strand vs paraphysis

strand and paraphysis both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
strand	Yes	No	Yes	No
paraphysis	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, paraphysis is a hyponym of strand; that is, paraphysis is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than strand:

strand: a very slender natural or synthetic fiber
paraphysis: a sterile simple or branched filament or hair borne among sporangia; may be pointed or clubbed

Other hyponyms of strand include barb, cobweb, gossamer, chromatid, myofibril, myofibrilla, sarcostyle, rhizoid, hypha.

strand (noun)	paraphysis (noun)
a necklace made by stringing objects together	a sterile simple or branched filament or hair borne among sporangia; may be pointed or clubbed
line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable
a pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole
a poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides)
a very slender natural or synthetic fiber

strand (verb)	paraphysis (verb)
bring to the ground
drive (a vessel) ashore
leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue