xerophile vs vascular plant

xerophile and vascular plant both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
xerophile	Yes	No	No	No
vascular plant	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, vascular plant is a hypernym of xerophile; that is, vascular plant is a word with a broader meaning than xerophile:

xerophile: plant adapted for life with a limited supply of water; compare hydrophyte and mesophyte
vascular plant: green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms

Other hypernyms of xerophile include tracheophyte.

xerophile (noun)	vascular plant (noun)
plant adapted for life with a limited supply of water; compare hydrophyte and mesophyte	green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms