worm vs spiny-headed worm

spiny-headed worm vs worm

worm and spiny-headed worm both are nouns.

worm is a verb but spiny-headed worm is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
worm	Yes	No	Yes	No
spiny-headed worm	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, spiny-headed worm is a hyponym of worm; that is, spiny-headed worm 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
spiny-headed worm: 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, acanthocephalan, arrowworm, chaetognath, flatworm, platyhelminth, nemertean, nemertine, proboscis worm, ribbon worm, beard worm, pogonophoran, nematode, nematode worm, roundworm, annelid, annelid worm, segmented worm.

worm (noun)	spiny-headed worm (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)	spiny-headed worm (verb)
to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)

Difference between worm and spiny-headed worm

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