wheat eelworm vs wheat eel

wheat eelworm and wheat eel both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
wheat eelworm	Yes	No	No	No
wheat eel	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, wheat eelworm and wheat eel are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of wheat eelworm include Tylenchus tritici, wheatworm.

wheat eelworm (noun)	wheat eel (noun)
small roundworm parasitic on wheat	small roundworm parasitic on wheat