What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Nutrient vs Eutrophy - What's the difference?

nutrient | eutrophy |

As nouns the difference between nutrient and eutrophy

is that nutrient is a source of nourishment, such as food, that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue while eutrophy is (medicine) healthy nutrition.

As an adjective nutrient

is providing nourishment.

nutrient

Noun

(en noun)
  • A source of nourishment, such as food, that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue.
  • * 2012 , , August 24, p.20
  • Even second-generation and keep carbon and nutrients in the ground.

    Synonyms

    * nutriment

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • providing nourishment
  • eutrophy

    English

    Noun

    (eutrophies)
  • (medicine) healthy nutrition
  • (geography, a body of water) the quality of being rich in minerals and nutrients
  • See also

    * hypereutrophy * oligotrophy * mesotrophy (Webster 1913)