different between zoophite vs zoophyte

English

zoophite (plural zoophites)

From zoo- +? -phyte, after Middle French zoophyte; later reinforced by scientific Latin Zoophyta.

zoophyte (plural zoophytes)

(biology, historical) An animal thought to have the characteristics of a plant, later specifically an invertebrate of the (former) group Zoophyta, comprising sponges, corals and sea anemones. [from 17th c.]
(biology, historical) A plant believed to have the characteristics of an animal, especially a sensitive plant or vegetable lamb. [from 17th c.]
- 1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, XIX:
  And besides, as there are many Zoophyts, and sensitive Plants […] so have we, in some Authors, Instances of Plants turning into Animals, and Animals into Plants, and the like […]