treponema vs spirochete

treponema and spirochete both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
treponema	Yes	No	No	No
spirochete	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, spirochete is a hypernym of treponema; that is, spirochete is a word with a broader meaning than treponema:

treponema: spirochete that causes disease in humans (e.g. syphilis and yaws)
spirochete: parasitic or free-living bacteria; many pathogenic to humans and other animals

Other hypernyms of treponema include spirochaete.

treponema (noun)	spirochete (noun)
spirochete that causes disease in humans (e.g. syphilis and yaws)	parasitic or free-living bacteria; many pathogenic to humans and other animals