NIH vs authority

authority vs NIH

NIH and authority both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
NIH	Yes	No	No	No
authority	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, authority is a hypernym of NIH; that is, authority is a word with a broader meaning than NIH:

NIH: an agency in the Department of Health and Human Services whose mission is to employ science in the pursuit of knowledge to improve human health; is the principal biomedical research agency of the federal government
authority: an administrative unit of government

Other hypernyms of NIH include agency, bureau, federal agency, government agency, office.

NIH (noun)	authority (noun)
an agency in the Department of Health and Human Services whose mission is to employ science in the pursuit of knowledge to improve human health; is the principal biomedical research agency of the federal government	the power or right to give orders or make decisions
	official permission or approval
	freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
	an authoritative written work
	an administrative unit of government
	an expert whose views are taken as definitive
	(usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) control over others

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