substrate vs stratum

stratum vs substrate

substrate and stratum both are nouns.

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

As nouns, stratum is a hypernym of substrate; that is, stratum is a word with a broader meaning than substrate:

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

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