Phloem vs Cortex - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between phloem and cortex

is that phloem is phloem while cortex is cortex.

(wikipedia phloem)

(en noun)

(botany) A vascular tissue in land plants primarily responsible for the distribution of sugars and nutrients manufactured in the shoot.

(wikipedia cortex)

(countable, anatomy) The outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain.

(uncountable, botany) The tissue of a stem or root that lies inward from the epidermis, but exterior to the vascular tissue.

* cortical * cerebral cortex * prefrontal cortex