water nymph vs water plant

water plant vs water nymph

water nymph and water plant both are nouns.

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

As nouns, water plant is a hypernym of water nymph; that is, water 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
water 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 aquatic plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant.

water nymph (noun)	water 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

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