water nymph vs aquatic plant

aquatic plant vs water nymph

water nymph and aquatic plant both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
water nymph	Yes	No	No	No
aquatic plant	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, aquatic plant is a hypernym of water nymph; that is, aquatic plant is a word with a broader meaning than water nymph:

water nymph: submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers; of fresh or brackish water
aquatic plant: a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth

Other hypernyms of water nymph include hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant, water plant.

water nymph (noun)	aquatic plant (noun)
(Greek mythology) any nymph of the water	a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth
a fairy that inhabits water
submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers; of fresh or brackish water
a water lily having large leaves and showy fragrant flowers that float on the water; of temperate and tropical regions

Difference between water nymph and aquatic plant

Words related to "aquatic plant"

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.