worm vs woodworm

woodworm vs worm

worm and woodworm both are nouns.

worm is a verb but woodworm is not a verb.

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

As nouns, woodworm is a hyponym of worm; that is, woodworm 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
woodworm: a larva of a woodborer

Other hyponyms of worm include helminth, parasitic worm, acanthocephalan, 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)	woodworm (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	a larva of a woodborer
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)	woodworm (verb)
to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)

Difference between worm and woodworm

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