water cabbage vs Pistia stratiotes

water cabbage and Pistia stratiotes both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
water cabbage	Yes	No	No	No
Pistia stratiotes	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, water cabbage and Pistia stratiotes are synonyms defined as:

water cabbage and Pistia stratiotes: pantropical floating plant forming a rosette of wedge-shaped leaves; a widespread weed in rivers and lakes

Other synonyms of water cabbage include pistia, Pistia stratoites, water lettuce.

water cabbage (noun)	Pistia stratiotes (noun)
pantropical floating plant forming a rosette of wedge-shaped leaves; a widespread weed in rivers and lakes	pantropical floating plant forming a rosette of wedge-shaped leaves; a widespread weed in rivers and lakes