stratum vs substrate

substrate vs stratum

stratum and substrate both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
stratum	Yes	No	No	No
substrate	Yes	No	No	No

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

stratum: one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock)
substrate: any stratum or layer lying underneath another

Other hyponyms of stratum include cuticle, epidermis, corneum, horny layer, stratum corneum, stratum lucidum, stratum granulosum, malpighian layer, rete Malpighii, stratum basale, stratum germinativum, corium, derma, dermis, cambium, paries, wall, substratum, superstrate, superstratum, horizon, bed, seam, bed.

stratum (noun)	substrate (noun)
an abstract place usually conceived as having depth	an indigenous language that contributes features to the language of an invading people who impose their language on the indigenous population
a subpopulation divided into a stratified sampling	any stratum or layer lying underneath another
people having the same social, economic, or educational status	a surface on which an organism grows or is attached
one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock)	the substance that is acted upon by an enzyme or ferment

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