worm vs acanthocephalan

acanthocephalan vs worm

worm and acanthocephalan both are nouns.

worm is a verb but acanthocephalan is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
worm	Yes	No	Yes	No
acanthocephalan	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, acanthocephalan is a hyponym of worm; that is, acanthocephalan is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than worm:

worm: any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae
acanthocephalan: any of various worms living parasitically in intestines of vertebrates having a retractile proboscis covered with many hooked spines

Other hyponyms of worm include helminth, parasitic worm, woodworm, spiny-headed worm, arrowworm, chaetognath, flatworm, platyhelminth, nemertean, nemertine, proboscis worm, ribbon worm, beard worm, pogonophoran, nematode, nematode worm, roundworm, annelid, annelid worm, segmented worm.

worm (noun)	acanthocephalan (noun)
any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae	any of various worms living parasitically in intestines of vertebrates having a retractile proboscis covered with many hooked spines
screw thread on a gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or rack
a software program capable of reproducing itself that can spread from one computer to the next over a network
a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect

worm (verb)	acanthocephalan (verb)
to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)

Difference between worm and acanthocephalan

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