Mevacor vs statin

Mevacor and statin both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Mevacor	Yes	No	No	No
statin	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, statin is a hypernym of Mevacor; that is, statin is a word with a broader meaning than Mevacor:

Mevacor: an oral drug (trade name Mevacor) to reduce blood cholesterol levels; used when dietary changes have proved inadequate
statin: a medicine that lowers blood cholesterol levels by inhibiting HMG-CoA reductase

Other hypernyms of Mevacor include lipid-lowering medication, lipid-lowering medicine, statin drug.

Mevacor (noun)	statin (noun)
an oral drug (trade name Mevacor) to reduce blood cholesterol levels; used when dietary changes have proved inadequate	a medicine that lowers blood cholesterol levels by inhibiting HMG-CoA reductase