tropism vs response

response vs tropism

tropism and response both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
tropism	Yes	No	No	No
response	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, response is a hypernym of tropism; that is, response is a word with a broader meaning than tropism:

tropism: an involuntary orienting response; positive or negative reaction to a stimulus source
response: a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent

Other hypernyms of tropism include reaction.

tropism (noun)	response (noun)
an involuntary orienting response; positive or negative reaction to a stimulus source	a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent
	the manner in which an electrical or mechanical device responds to an input signal or a range of input signals
	the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange
	a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
	the manner in which something is greeted
	a phrase recited or sung by the congregation following a versicle by the priest or minister
	a result

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