sporophyll

As nouns the difference between moss and sporophyll

is that moss is (computing) while sporophyll is (botany) the equivalent to a leaf, in ferns and mosses, that bears the sporangia.

As nouns the difference between fern and sporophyll

is that fern is any of a group of some twenty thousand species of vascular plants classified in the division Pteridophyta that lack seeds and reproduce by shedding spores to initiate an alternation of generations while sporophyll is the equivalent to a leaf, in ferns and mosses, that bears the sporangia.

As a proper noun Fern

is {{given name|female}} from the fern plant.

In botany terms the difference between leaf and sporophyll

is that leaf is a foliage leaf or any of the many and often considerably different structures it can specialise into while sporophyll is the equivalent to a leaf, in ferns and mosses, that bears the sporangia.

As nouns the difference between leaf and sporophyll

is that leaf is the usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants while sporophyll is the equivalent to a leaf, in ferns and mosses, that bears the sporangia.

As a verb leaf

is to produce leaves; put forth foliage.