Difference between Virusoid and Viroid

What is the difference between Virusoid and Viroid?

Virusoid as a noun is a circular single-stranded rna, similar but not identical to a viroid, dependent on plant viruses for replication and encapsidation. while Viroid as a noun is plant pathogens, of the order viroidales, that consist of just a short section of rna but without the protein coat typical of viruses

Virusoid

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A circular single-stranded RNA, similar but not identical to a viroid, dependent on plant viruses for replication and encapsidation.

Viroid

Part of speech: noun

Definition: plant pathogens, of the order Viroidales, that consist of just a short section of RNA but without the protein coat typical of viruseshuman pathogen, most notably hepatitis D.

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